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title: Install Save Desktop on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Save Desktop for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  - Save your desktop configuration
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/savedesktop/rhel
---

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# Install Save Desktop on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# Save Desktop (savedesktop)

[vikdevelop](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/vikdevelop "View all snaps from vikdevelop")

* [vikdevelop](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/vikdevelop "View all snaps from vikdevelop")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/savedesktop/rhel#install)

#### Save your desktop configuration

Save Desktop helps you back up and restore your entire desktop environment with ease. It saves and imports your themes, icons, fonts, wallpapers, extensions, desktop folder, as well as other desktop settings — all in one archive. Choose what to include and keep your setup current with automatic periodic saves.

⚠️ **Warning**: The Save Desktop application for Snap Store will no longer receive any updates or bug fixes.
If you want the latest features and full support, please use the Flatpak version:
<https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.vikdevelop.SaveDesktop>

**The last supported version for Snap Store is and will be 3.6.2-hotfix**

### Package name

* savedesktop

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 20 September 2025 - latest/stable
* 31 July 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [vikdevelop.github.io](https://vikdevelop.github.io/SaveDesktop "https://vikdevelop.github.io/SaveDesktop")

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### Source code

* [github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop](https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop "https://github.com/vikdevelop/SaveDesktop")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install Save Desktop

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 is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward.

The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below.

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command:

```
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
```

The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command:

```
sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
```

Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended:

```
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"
sudo yum update
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

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 Save Desktop

To install Save Desktop, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install savedesktop
```

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