--- title: Install Serfs on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Serfs for on Arch Linux - Serfs is a fresh real-time strategy/building game url: https://snapcraft.io/install/serfs/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Serfs on **Arch Linux** # Serfs [K2Software](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/k2software "View all snaps from K2Software") * [K2Software](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/k2software "View all snaps from K2Software") * [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/serfs/arch#install) #### Serfs is a fresh real-time strategy/building game **Serfs combines many aspects of strategic gameplay:** * **City building**: Establish buildings and paths in a completely gridless environment to allow you the most control and freedom as possible * **Economy**: Build and optimize your production lines to achieve an efficient and profitable economy * **Military**: Create a sturdy protection for your empire against incoming attacks and expand your borders by claiming unoccupied land * **Warfare**: Conquer hostile territory and triumph over your enemies in great battles Placing different types of buildings and connecting them with paths is an easy to learn process. But as the empire grows, productions become more complex and require more goods and suddenly, the previously empty paths, start to stall and whole productions have to slow down. The process of detecting weak points, altering and refactoring certain parts of the empire or even relocating whole productions can become very challenging, but the more satisfying if it succeeds and the small village from the beginning starts to grow into a large optimized empire. Military units are fully controllable, they can be moved freely, garrison buildings, adjust their behavior, attack and capture enemy buildings. Military buildings expand the empire and require garrison to defend incoming attacks. Military is expensive to produce and requires large productions, it always causes the need to expand the empire. An efficient & large production can be decisive. *Please notice: This game is in alpha state and under development. Not all features are currently fully available. There are possible bugs, glitches and crashes which may break the game experience.* **You can download the game for free. At first game start you have to enter an email of your choice and a key. If you want to play the free demo, just cancel the activation process. Now only the tutorial is unlocked.** ### Package name * serfs --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 2 January 2022 - latest/stable This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [serfs-game.com](https://serfs-game.com "https://serfs-game.com") --- ### Contact * [serfs-game.com](https://serfs-game.com/?show=contact "https://serfs-game.com/?show=contact") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/serfs/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Serfs 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 Serfs To install Serfs, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install serfs ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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