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title: Install sdkcraft on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of sdkcraft for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux -
  Design and build an SDK for Workshop
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/sdkcraft/rhel
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# Install sdkcraft on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# sdkcraft

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#### Design and build an SDK for Workshop

SDKcraft is a tool that packages and publishes SDKs to be used with Workshop, a related user-facing product. SDKcraft solves the essential problem of creating reproducible, distributable development environments by allowing developers to define, build, and package complete SDKs as singular installable units.

SDKcraft is useful for developers who need to distribute complex development toolchains, maintainers who want to ensure consistent development environments across teams, and organizations looking to streamline toolchain distribution and management.

### Package name

* sdkcraft

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### License

* GPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 16 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 27 September 2026 - latest/edge

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## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install sdkcraft

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 sdkcraft

To install sdkcraft, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install sdkcraft --classic
```

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