--- title: Install SongBoss on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of SongBoss for on Arch Linux - Host karaoke shows with rotation, requests and multi-screen playback url: https://snapcraft.io/install/songboss/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install SongBoss on **Arch Linux** # SongBoss [Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tuxtasb "View all snaps from Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)") * [Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tuxtasb "View all snaps from Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)") * [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/songboss/arch#install) #### Host karaoke shows with rotation, requests and multi-screen playback SongBoss is a karaoke hosting application for KJs (karaoke jockeys). It manages a rotation of singers, plays karaoke tracks across separate singer, audience and host screens, and keeps the show moving between songs. Features: * Singer rotation with drag-and-drop reordering and per-singer queues * Separate singer view, crowd/audience view and host control window for multi-monitor setups * Library management for karaoke video and MP3+CDG tracks * Break music playlists that fill the gaps between singers * Song requests collected from a request server, with an on-screen QR code and ticker * Per-song key change (pitch shift) using FFmpeg * Play history and session save/restore * English and Spanish interface translations Playback is handled by a bundled copy of libVLC, so no separate media player installation is required. SongBoss forces the Qt "xcb" platform plugin because libVLC embeds its video output into a Qt widget via XEmbed; on a Wayland session it therefore runs through XWayland. ### Package name * songboss --- ### License * LGPL-3.0-only --- ### Last updated * 12 October 2026 - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [song-boss.com](https://song-boss.com "https://song-boss.com") --- ### Contact * [www.facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com/groups/songbossusers "https://www.facebook.com/groups/songbossusers") --- ### Source code * [gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss](https://gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss "https://gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss") --- ### Report a bug * [lastareas.casa](https://lastareas.casa "https://lastareas.casa") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/songboss/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install SongBoss 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 SongBoss To install SongBoss, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install songboss ``` ### 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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