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title: Install SnapX on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of SnapX for on Kubuntu - Screenshot tool that
  handles images, text, and video (fork of ShareX)
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ui-snapx/kubuntu
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# Install SnapX on **Kubuntu**

# SnapX (ui-snapx)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ui-snapx/kubuntu#install)

#### Screenshot tool that handles images, text, and video (fork of ShareX)

SnapX is a free, open-source, cross-platform tool that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and instantly share it with a single keypress.
Upload images, videos, text, and more to multiple supported destinations—all with ease
This is a port of the original ShareX application to Linux.
It is not an official release and is not affiliated with the original ShareX project.
This project is under development and is *not* ready for use.
Supports PNG (including animated variant), WEBP (including animated variant), JPEG, GIFs (should be smaller than your typical ShareX GIF), TIFF, and BMP image formats.
Cross-platform OCR powered by PaddleOCR that rivals PowerToys OCR, TesseractOCR, & Windows 10 built in OCR in accuracy

### Package name

* ui-snapx

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install SnapX

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 [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

### Install SnapX

To install SnapX, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install ui-snapx --edge
```

### Other popular snaps…

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### 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? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now.

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