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title: Install Loqu8 iCE on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: 'Get the latest version of Loqu8 iCE for on Kubuntu - Instant Chinese
  comprehension: pinyin, tone colors and meaning'
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/loqu8-ice/kubuntu
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# Install Loqu8 iCE on **Kubuntu**

# Loqu8 iCE

[Loqu8, Inc. (loqu8)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/loqu8 "View all snaps from Loqu8, Inc. (loqu8)")

* [Loqu8, Inc. (loqu8)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/loqu8 "View all snaps from Loqu8, Inc. (loqu8)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/loqu8-ice/kubuntu#install)

#### Instant Chinese comprehension: pinyin, tone colors and meaning

Loqu8 iCE is a Chinese pop-up dictionary that lives in your system tray.
Copy any Chinese text and iCE shows each word with its pinyin, tone colors
and meaning, and reads it aloud with a natural Mandarin voice.

Free:

* Dictionary of nearly 300,000 entries, definitions in 26 languages
* Clipboard capture, word breakdown into parts, tone colors
* Kokoro neural voice and recorded Mandarin syllables, auto-pronounce
* Cantonese (Jyutping and Yale) and Hokkien (POJ) readings, with each character's tones
* Favorites, history, spaced-repetition review, Anki/CSV export

iCE Pro (US$69/year, 30 days free): LiveScan reads the Chinese under your
pointer (OCR, X11 sessions), Highlight captures what you select (X11),
sentence translation (online) and custom words.

Works offline except translation. No account required.

### Package name

* loqu8-ice

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/candidate
* 15 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [loqu8.com](https://loqu8.com/ice/ "https://loqu8.com/ice/")

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### Contact

* [support@loqu8.com](mailto:support@loqu8.com "mailto:support@loqu8.com")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/loqu8/ice/issues](https://github.com/loqu8/ice/issues "https://github.com/loqu8/ice/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/loqu8-ice/kubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install Loqu8 iCE

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

If you’re running [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

### Install Loqu8 iCE

To install Loqu8 iCE, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install loqu8-ice --candidate
```

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