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title: Install openscad-nightly on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of openscad-nightly for on Ubuntu - The Programmers
  Solid 3D CAD Modeller
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/openscad-nightly/ubuntu
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# Install openscad-nightly on **Ubuntu**

# openscad-nightly

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/openscad-nightly/ubuntu#install)

#### The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It focuses on CAD
aspects rather than artistic ones.
.
OpenSCAD is not an interactive modeller. Instead it is something like a
3D-compiler that reads in a script file that describes the object and renders
the 3D model from this script. This gives the designer full control over the
modelling process and enables him to easily change any step in the modelling
process or make designes that are defined by configurable parameters.
.
NOTE: This is the development snapshot, automatically built from the source
repository.

### Package name

* openscad-nightly

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 16 September 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [www.openscad.org](https://www.openscad.org/ "https://www.openscad.org/")

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### Contact

* [Torsten.Paul@gmx.de](mailto:Torsten.Paul@gmx.de "mailto:Torsten.Paul@gmx.de")

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install openscad-nightly

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 [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
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 openscad-nightly

To install openscad-nightly, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install openscad-nightly
```

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