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title: Install Photometry on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Photometry for on Arch Linux - View photometric
  files
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/photometric-viewer/arch
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# Install Photometry on **Arch Linux**

# Photometry (photometric-viewer)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/photometric-viewer/arch#install)

#### View photometric files

Photometry shows light distribution curves and metadata of IESNA and EULUMDAT photometric
files which describe the light distribution of light sources like lamps and luminaires and
are used mostly for data transfer in the lighting industry and in 3D graphics.

Photometry allows editing the source content of the opened photometric file and shows the following
information contained in the opened files:

* Light distribution curves
* General information (Catalog Number, Manufacturer, Description, etc.)
* Photometric properties (Light Output Ratio and Downward Flux Fraction)
* Lamps and ballast information
* Luminaire and luminous opening geometry information
* Additional properties (Test number, issue date, test laboratory, etc.)
* Intensity Values for selected C planes and gamma angles

### Package name

* photometric-viewer

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 9 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 17 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer](https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer "https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer")

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### Contact

* [mail.dalee@gmail.com](mailto:mail.dalee@gmail.com "mailto:mail.dalee@gmail.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer](https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer "https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer/issues](https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer/issues "https://github.com/dlippok/photometric-viewer/issues")

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Photometry

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 Photometry

To install Photometry, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install photometric-viewer
```

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