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title: Install Lightning on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Lightning for on CentOS - Native Matrix desktop
  client
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/centos
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# Install Lightning on **CentOS**

# Lightning (lightning-matrix)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/centos#install)

#### Native Matrix desktop client

Lightning is a desktop messenger for Matrix, the open network for secure,
decentralised communication. It is written in C++ and Qt 6 and uses the
official Matrix Rust SDK for networking and end-to-end encryption.

Features include several accounts at once, Spaces, rooms and threads,
end-to-end encrypted rooms with device verification and key backup, a local
search index that never leaves the computer, and group voice calls and
screen sharing built on GStreamer.

Hardware graphics come from the mesa-2604 content snap. If it is not
connected automatically, run:

sudo snap install mesa-2604
sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:gpu-2604 mesa-2604:gpu-2604

Calls also need the microphone and camera interfaces:

sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:audio-record
sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:camera

### Package name

* lightning-matrix

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 11 November 2026 - latest/edge

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[See more information about lightning-matrix ›](https://snapcraft.io/lightning-matrix)

## Enable snaps on CentOS and install Lightning

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 is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command:

```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

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

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Lightning

To install Lightning, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install lightning-matrix --edge
```

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