--- title: Install parca-agent on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of parca-agent for on Arch Linux - Parca Agent is an always-on sampling profiler that uses eBPF url: https://snapcraft.io/install/parca-agent/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install parca-agent on **Arch Linux** # parca-agent [Parca Team (parca-team)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/parca-team "View all snaps from Parca Team (parca-team)") * [Parca Team (parca-team)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/parca-team "View all snaps from Parca Team (parca-team)") * [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/parca-agent/arch#install) #### Parca Agent is an always-on sampling profiler that uses eBPF Parca Agent is an always-on sampling profiler that uses eBPF to capture raw profiling data with very low overhead. It observes user-space and kernel-space stacktraces 100 times per second and builds pprof formatted profiles from the extracted data. The collected data can be viewed locally via HTTP endpoints and then be configured to be sent to a Parca server to be queried and analyzed over time. ### Package name * parca-agent --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 1 April 2026 - latest/stable * 21 April 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [parca.dev](https://parca.dev "https://parca.dev") --- ### Contact * [parca.dev](https://parca.dev "https://parca.dev") --- ### Source code * [github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent](https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent "https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/issues](https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/issues "https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/parca-agent/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install parca-agent 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 On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/) The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites) installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following: ``` git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git cd snapd makepkg -si ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service ``` 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 parca-agent To install parca-agent, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install parca-agent --classic ``` ### 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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