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title: Install XV Image Viewer on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of XV Image Viewer for on Ubuntu - The classic
  image manipulation program
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/xv/ubuntu
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# Install XV Image Viewer on **Ubuntu**

# XV Image Viewer (xv)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/xv/ubuntu#install)

#### The classic image manipulation program

The ubiquitous and time-honored XV is the industry-leading program for
fast, no-nonsense image display in the X Window System. It can operate on
many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM,
XPM, X11 bitmap, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, BPM, RGB, BMP, PCX, FITS, and PM,
on all known types of X displays.

### Package name

* xv

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 10 September 2020 - latest/edge

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

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install XV Image 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

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

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

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install XV Image Viewer

To install XV Image Viewer, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install xv --edge
```

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### More things to do…

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#### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs)

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