--- title: Install Show Me The Key on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Show Me The Key for on Arch Linux - Show the keys you type on screen (Wayland and X11) url: https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Show Me The Key on **Arch Linux** # Show Me The Key (showmethekey) [Alex Murray (alexmurray)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexmurray "View all snaps from Alex Murray (alexmurray)") * [Alex Murray (alexmurray)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexmurray "View all snaps from Alex Murray (alexmurray)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/arch#install) #### Show the keys you type on screen (Wayland and X11) Show Me The Key displays your keystrokes on screen for screencasts, presentations and tutorials. It reads events through libinput, so it works on both Wayland and X11 (unlike screenkey, which is X11-only). Because reading /dev/input requires privilege, this snap uses polkit for authorisation. Users already in the "input" group are granted immediately; others are shown a password prompt on first use, matching the behaviour of the non-snap version. Two interfaces must be connected after install: ``` sudo snap connect showmethekey:raw-input sudo snap connect showmethekey:hardware-observe ``` If the user is not already in the "input" group, also connect the polkit interface to enable the password-prompt authorisation flow: ``` sudo snap connect showmethekey:polkit ``` On a Wayland session the floating key window can't place itself, so right-click its title bar and enable "Always on Top" and "Always on Visible Workspace". ### Package name * showmethekey --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 21 August 2026 - latest/stable * 21 August 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [showmethekey.alynx.one](https://showmethekey.alynx.one/ "https://showmethekey.alynx.one/") --- ### Contact * [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap") * [github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey](https://github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey "https://github.com/AlynxZhou/showmethekey") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues](https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues "https://github.com/alexmurray/showmethekey-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/showmethekey/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Show Me The Key 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 Show Me The Key To install Show Me The Key, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install showmethekey ``` ### 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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