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title: Install Qwen 3 on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Qwen 3 for on elementary OS - Local AI with
  Qwen 3 inference snap
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/qwen3/elementary
---

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# Install Qwen 3 on **elementary OS**

# Qwen 3 (qwen3)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/qwen3/elementary#install)

#### Local AI with Qwen 3 inference snap

Qwen 3 is a large language model (LLM) developed by Alibaba. It is designed for various natural language processing tasks, including text generation, summarization, and question answering.

Use this snap to quickly install an optimized environment for local inference with Qwen 3.

The snap includes the following hardware-optimized inference engines:

* cpu: Optimized for x64 and ARM (armv8, armv9) CPUs
* nvidia-gpu: CUDA-enabled GPU acceleration
* amd-gpu: ROCm-enabled GPU acceleration for AMD GPUs
* mediatek-npu: Optimized for MediaTek Genio NPUs

The most suitable engine is automatically selected based on the available hardware.

**Install:**

`sudo snap install qwen3`

**Run:**

`qwen3`

Some accelerators require extra drivers to be usable with this snap:
<https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps/how-to/setup/drivers/>

**License:**

The Qwen 3 model is provided by Alibaba under the Apache 2.0 license.

The licenses of all the bundled software can be found after installing the snap at
`/snap/qwen3/current/usr/share/doc`.

### Package name

* qwen3

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 23 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 October 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [documentation.ubuntu.com](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps "https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps")

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### Source code

* [github.com/canonical/qwen3-snap](https://github.com/canonical/qwen3-snap "https://github.com/canonical/qwen3-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues](https://github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues "https://github.com/canonical/inference-snaps/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/qwen3/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about qwen3 ›](https://snapcraft.io/qwen3)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Qwen 3

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 Qwen 3

To install Qwen 3, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install qwen3
```

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