--- title: Install Paint9X on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Paint9X for on Ubuntu - The classic paint program on the GNOME desktop url: https://snapcraft.io/install/paint9x/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Paint9X on **Ubuntu** # Paint9X [Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)") * [Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)") * [Entertainment](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=entertainment) * [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/paint9x/ubuntu#install) #### The classic paint program on the GNOME desktop Paint9X brings back the look and feel of the classic Windows 98 paint program on the GNOME desktop. Under the classic surface there are modern extras that kids and grown-ups will love: * Fun Colors: rainbow, fire, ocean, neon and sunset paints that change colour as you draw, plus candy stripes, polka dots, stars, hearts, confetti and gold glitter patterns * Stickers: a Sticker Book with classic pixel-art stickers, hundreds of colour emoji, and your own stickers cut out of your pictures * Symmetry: mirror, four-way, radial and kaleidoscope drawing * Replay: watch how your picture was drawn and share it as an animated GIF * Magic Wand selection, recolouring and transparent cut-outs * Opacity for every tool, adjustable brush, pencil and eraser sizes, fill tolerance and gradient fills * History window to jump back to any step, and autosave with crash recovery And everything you remember from the original: * Free-form and rectangular selections: move, copy, smear, stretch, transparent mode * Pencil, brush, airbrush, eraser and colour eraser, fill, pick colour, magnifier and text * Line, curve, rectangle, polygon, ellipse and rounded rectangle with outline and fill styles * Flip/rotate, stretch/skew, invert colours, attributes, zoom with grid and thumbnail, view bitmap * Edit colours (with hex input), custom palettes, load and save .pal files * Opens and saves PNG, BMP, JPEG and TIFF; copy and paste with other apps; print and print preview * Set your picture as the desktop wallpaper, tiled or centred Paint9X was previously known as Paint98. It is free software under the MIT license. It is not affiliated with Microsoft. ### Package name * paint9x --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 13 October 2026 - latest/stable * 13 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x") * [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo") --- ### Contact * [github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/paint9x/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/paint9x/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about paint9x ›](https://snapcraft.io/paint9x) ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Paint9X 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 Paint9X To install Paint9X, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install paint9x ``` ### 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? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/paint9x/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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