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title: Install molden on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of molden for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Molden
  is a package for displaying Molecular Density.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/molden/rhel
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# Install molden on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# molden

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#### Molden is a package for displaying Molecular Density.

Molden is a package for displaying Molecular Density from the Ab Initio packages GAMESS-UK , GAMESS-US and GAUSSIAN and the Semi-Empirical packages Mopac/Ampac, it also supports a number of other programs via the Molden Format. Molden reads all the required information from the GAMESS / GAUSSIAN outputfile.

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Authorization to download and use MOLDEN by commercial
(non-academic, for-profit organisations) users is acquired by printing,
completing, signing and fax-ing the below agreement to:

CMBI
Secr. office
Fax: +31 (0)24 3619395

```
                            License fees:
                                              Non-Academic: EUR 1000
```

A duly signed copy of the license agreement and an invoice will be
returned by mail to licensee.

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Contribute to this snap at <https://github.com/RaspNote/molden>

### Package name

* molden

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### License

* CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

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### Last updated

* 9 June 2020 - latest/stable
* 9 June 2020 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [blog.linuxcoffee.eu](http://blog.linuxcoffee.eu "http://blog.linuxcoffee.eu")

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## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install molden

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 [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward.

The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below.

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command:

```
sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
```

Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended:

```
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"
sudo yum update
```

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 molden

To install molden, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install molden
```

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