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title: Install life-sim on openSUSE using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of life-sim for on openSUSE - Conway Life Simultor
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/life-sim/opensuse
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# Install life-sim on **openSUSE**

# life-sim

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/life-sim/opensuse#install)

#### Conway Life Simultor

Life is a mathematical game that simulates a colony of single celled animals. You, the user of the Life simulator, input the initial location, in the two dimensional world, of the single celled animals. You then can advance time to see the fate of the colony.

The game Life was invented in 1970 by the Cambridge University mathematician John Conway.

### Package name

* life-sim

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 21 November 2025 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [cgwarner2014@gmail.com](mailto:cgwarner2014@gmail.com "mailto:cgwarner2014@gmail.com")

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## Enable snaps on openSUSE and install life-sim

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.

You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.

Tumbleweed:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
```

Leap 15.x:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
```

If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.

With the repository added, import its GPG key:

```
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
```

Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository:

```
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
```

Snap can now be installed with the following:

```
sudo zypper install snapd
```

You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
```

### Install life-sim

To install life-sim, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install life-sim --edge
```

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