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title: Install solarus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of solarus for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - A
  lightweight, free and open-source game engine for Action-RPGs.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/solarus/rhel
---

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# Install solarus on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux**

# solarus

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* [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games)

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

#### A lightweight, free and open-source game engine for Action-RPGs.

Solarus is a free and open source Action-RPG game engine, licensed under GPL, and written in C++.
It runs games (called *quests*) written in Lua, and can work on a great number of platforms.
Solarus also features an editor application to help you create your own quests.

A collection of Solarus Quests can be explored in the Solarus website:

* <https://www.solarus-games.org/games/>

Information about Solarus and making quests can be found in the Solarus communities:

* Discord: <https://discord.gg/yYHjJHt>
* Forum: <https://forum.solarus-games.org/>

### Package name

* solarus

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 28 April 2024 - latest/stable
* 15 July 2024 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [www.solarus-games.org](https://www.solarus-games.org "https://www.solarus-games.org")

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### Contact

* [solarus-games.org](https://solarus-games.org/about/contact/ "https://solarus-games.org/about/contact/")

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### Donations

* [solarus-games.org](https://solarus-games.org/about/donate/ "https://solarus-games.org/about/donate/")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git](https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git "https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

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 solarus

To install solarus, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install solarus
```

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