--- title: Install motioneye on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of motioneye for on Arch Linux - motionEye is a web frontend for the motion daemon, written in Python. url: https://snapcraft.io/install/motioneye/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install motioneye on **Arch Linux** # motioneye [Oliver Grawert (ogra)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ogra "View all snaps from Oliver Grawert (ogra)") * [Oliver Grawert (ogra)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ogra "View all snaps from Oliver Grawert (ogra)") * [Devices and IoT](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=devices-and-iot) * [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/motioneye/arch#install) #### motionEye is a web frontend for the motion daemon, written in Python. This snap ships with all required binaries included and will automatically start the motionEye service listening on port 8765 after installation. Just go to [http://[your\_ip]:8765/](http://%5Byour_ip%5D:8765/) with a web browser, log in to the UI and start configuring your webcam for motion detection. To get the full functionality please connect the camera, log-observe and mount-observe interfaces using the snap connect command. If installed on a Raspberry Pi for use with the CSI attached RPi Cam, make sure to have "start\_x=1" and "gpu\_mem=128" (or higher) set in your config.txt On an Ubuntu Core system you can achieve this via the two commands below: ``` snap set system pi-config.start-x=1 snap set system pi-config.gpu-mem=256 ``` The motioneye.conf file can be found in /var/snap/motioneye/common/motioneye/ Recorded videos and captured photos are stored in /var/snap/motioneye/common/media/ If you want to store photos and videos to external media (USB, SD card), please connect the removable-media snap interface, then you can select a path under /media via the administration interface. ### Package name * motioneye --- ### License * GPL-3.0-only --- ### Last updated * 18 February 2025 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap](https://github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap "https://github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap") --- ### Contact * [github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap/issues](https://github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap/issues "https://github.com/ogra1/motioneye-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/motioneye/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install motioneye 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 On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/) The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites) installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following: ``` git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git cd snapd makepkg -si ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service ``` 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 motioneye To install motioneye, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install motioneye --edge ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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