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title: Install Zeal on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Zeal for on Arch Linux - Your offline reference
  library
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/zeal/arch
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# Install Zeal on **Arch Linux**

# Zeal

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/zeal/arch#install)

#### Your offline reference library

Zeal is an offline documentation browser that keeps the references you rely on right on your computer, ready the moment you need them. Instant search takes you straight to the right page with no internet connection required.

Build your personal library from docsets covering every major language, framework, and tool, in the same format Dash uses. Open results in tabs and summon Zeal from anywhere with a global shortcut.

### Package name

* zeal

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 28 July 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [zealdocs.org](https://zealdocs.org "https://zealdocs.org")

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### Contact

* [go.zealdocs.org](https://go.zealdocs.org/l/contact "https://go.zealdocs.org/l/contact")

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### Source code

* [github.com/zealdocs/zeal](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal "https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/zealdocs/zeal/issues](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/issues "https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Zeal

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 Zeal

To install Zeal, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install zeal
```

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