--- title: Install Universal File Viewer on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Universal File Viewer for on Debian - Fast 6-mode file viewer with streamed 64 KB Hex+ASCII, EXIF, PDF & archives url: https://snapcraft.io/install/universal-media-viewer/debian --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Universal File Viewer on **Debian** # Universal File Viewer (universal-media-viewer) [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)") * [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)") * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/universal-media-viewer/debian#install) #### Fast 6-mode file viewer with streamed 64 KB Hex+ASCII, EXIF, PDF & archives A fast multi-mode universal file viewer for Linux, serving as an independent open-source Linux alternative to Universal Viewer. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by UVViewSoft. FEATURES • Tab 0 — 6-Mode Universal Viewer: Browse your real home or removable media via the compact directory and file tree, then inspect any file across 6 dedicated viewing engines: [1] Text (with syntax highlighting, font zoom, word wrap, and UTF-8 / Latin-1 / UTF-16 encoding selector), [2] Binary (streamed 64 KB page printable view), [3] Hex+ASCII (instantaneous 64 KB seek/read pagination for multi-megabyte binaries without full-file RAM load), [4] Image/EXIF (QPixmap zoom, fit, 90-degree rotation, and JPEG EXIF IFD metadata), [5] Office/PDF (PyPDF2 PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, ODS, and EML text extraction), and [6] Archive/Audio (listing and extracting .zip, .7z, .tar\*, and .rar archives, plus MP3 ID3, FLAC, and WAV tags). Includes a live Find Text / Hex Bytes bar streaming directly across disk chunks. • Tab 1 — Encoding / Hex Inspector & SHA-256: Side-by-side decoded text vs streamed 64 KB Hex+ASCII or secondary encoding comparator, BOM detection, and streaming SHA-256, MD5, and CRC32 hash computation. • Tab 2 — Mode Rules & Export Snippet: Configure extension-to-mode detection rules, Hex page size, default encoding, English / Vietnamese bilingual UI, and export text, streamed Hex+ASCII pages, or metadata tables to TXT/CSV. SUPPORT & DONATE • Created by Thanh Nguyen — ### Package name * universal-media-viewer --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * Today - latest/stable --- ### Websites * [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b") --- ### Contact * [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/universal-media-viewer/debian#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about universal-media-viewer ›](https://snapcraft.io/universal-media-viewer) ## Enable snaps on Debian and install Universal File Viewer 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 Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd: ``` sudo snap install snapd ``` ### Install Universal File Viewer To install Universal File Viewer, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install universal-media-viewer ``` ### 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? Want to publish your own application? 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