---
title: Install perses on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of perses for on elementary OS - Syntax-directed
  program reducer
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/perses/elementary
---

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# Install perses on **elementary OS**

# perses

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/perses/elementary#install)

#### Syntax-directed program reducer

Perses is a language-agnostic program reducer. It minimizes a program with
respect to a set of constraints expressed as a test script, leveraging the
Antlr grammar to prune the search space and avoid generating syntactically
invalid variants.

Usage:
perses --test-script <test-script.sh> --input-file <program-file>

Because Perses runs the user's test script — which typically invokes system
toolchains (gcc, clang, javac, ...) and reads and writes files at arbitrary
paths — this snap uses classic confinement so it behaves like a normally
installed developer tool. The store-review justification is at
<https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/classic-confinement-request-for-perses/53408>.

### Package name

* perses

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 13 November 2026 - latest/stable

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/perses/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about perses ›](https://snapcraft.io/perses)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install perses

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 can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
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 perses

To install perses, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install perses --classic
```

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