---
title: Install Multipass on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Multipass for on elementary OS - Instant Ubuntu
  VMs
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/multipass/elementary
---

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# Install Multipass on **elementary OS**

# Multipass

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/multipass/elementary#install)

#### Instant Ubuntu VMs

Multipass is a tool to launch and manage VMs on Windows, Mac and Linux that simulates a cloud environment with support for cloud-init. Get Ubuntu on-demand with clean integration to your IDE and version control on your native platform.

Launch an instance (by default you get the current Ubuntu LTS)

```
multipass launch --name foo
```

Run commands in that instance, try running bash (logout or ctrl-d to quit)

```
multipass exec foo -- lsb_release -a
```

Pass a cloud-init metadata file to an instance on launch

```
multipass launch -n bar --cloud-init cloud-config.yaml
```

See your instances

```
multipass list
```

Stop and start instances

```
multipass stop
multipass start
```

Get help

```
multipass help
```

### Package name

* multipass

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### License

* GPL-3.0 OR Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 19 October 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [canonical.com](https://canonical.com/multipass "https://canonical.com/multipass")

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### Contact

* [github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new "https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new")

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### Source code

* [github.com/canonical/multipass](https://github.com/canonical/multipass "https://github.com/canonical/multipass")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new "https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Multipass

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 on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

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

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

### Install Multipass

To install Multipass, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install multipass
```

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### More things to do…

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#### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs)

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