--- title: Install nerva on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of nerva for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - The focus workspace that never forgets url: https://snapcraft.io/install/nerva/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install nerva on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # nerva [Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/piyushptiwari "View all snaps from Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)") * [Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/piyushptiwari "View all snaps from Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/nerva/rhel#install) #### The focus workspace that never forgets Nerva is a native desktop focus workspace built for deep work. Parallel timers that survive sleep and reboot, sticky markdown notes that float above any window, a year-long habit heatmap, and tasks with priority and due times. Offline-first. No telemetry. No account. The six things Nerva does properly: * Parallel focus timers - wall-clock math. Survives sleep, suspend, reboot. * Sticky markdown notes - pop out a note; it floats above any window. Autosaves every 250 ms. * Habit heatmap - 4-state daily toggle, streaks, full-year contribution grid. * Tasks with pop-out - priority + due time, dockable or floating widget. * Command palette - Ctrl+Space to jump anywhere. Global shortcuts. * Crash-safe local store - event-sourced SQLite. Append-only log. Replay-on-launch recovery. Native Rust core, ~80 MB RAM idle. Not Electron. Open source (Apache-2.0). ### Package name * nerva --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 3 October 2026 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [nerva.bytical.ai](https://nerva.bytical.ai "https://nerva.bytical.ai") --- ### Contact * [piyush@bytical.ai](mailto:piyush@bytical.ai "mailto:piyush@bytical.ai") --- ### Source code * [github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva](https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva "https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues](https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues "https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/nerva/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install nerva 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 nerva To install nerva, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install nerva ``` ### 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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