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title: Install shellcheck on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of shellcheck for on Ubuntu - A shell script static
  analysis tool
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/shellcheck/ubuntu
---

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# Install shellcheck on **Ubuntu**

# shellcheck

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/shellcheck/ubuntu#install)

#### A shell script static analysis tool

ShellCheck is a GPLv3 tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh
shell scripts.

The goals of ShellCheck are

* To point out and clarify typical beginner's syntax issues that cause a
  shell to give cryptic error messages.
* To point out and clarify typical intermediate level semantic problems that
  cause a shell to behave strangely and counter-intuitively.
* To point out subtle caveats, corner cases and pitfalls that may cause an
  advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under future
  circumstances.

By default ShellCheck can only check non-hidden files under /home, to make
ShellCheck be able to check files under /media and /run/media you must
connect it to the `removable-media` interface manually:

```
 # snap connect shellcheck:removable-media
```

### Package name

* shellcheck

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 4 August 2025 - latest/stable
* 11 June 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [www.shellcheck.net](https://www.shellcheck.net "https://www.shellcheck.net")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install shellcheck

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

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
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 shellcheck

To install shellcheck, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install shellcheck
```

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