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title: Install Apache ORC on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Apache ORC for on Ubuntu - Apache ORC is the
  fastest columnar file format for big data.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/orc/ubuntu
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# Install Apache ORC on **Ubuntu**

# Apache ORC (orc)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/orc/ubuntu#install)

#### Apache ORC is the fastest columnar file format for big data.

Apache ORC is the smallest, fastest columnar file format for Spark
or Hadoop workloads. This snap includes the command line tools to
inspect, read, and write ORC files.

### Package name

* orc

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 7 August 2018 - latest/stable

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

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### Contact

* [orc.apache.org](https://orc.apache.org/ "https://orc.apache.org/")

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Apache ORC

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 Apache ORC

To install Apache ORC, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install orc
```

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