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title: Install Prime95 (UNOFFICIAL) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Prime95 (UNOFFICIAL) for Linux - Free Mersenne
  Prime Search Software
url: https://snapcraft.io/prime95
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# Prime95 (UNOFFICIAL) (prime95)

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latest/stable 30.19b20

Install latest/stable of Prime95 (UNOFFICIAL)

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install prime95
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* prime95

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 25 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 25 September 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [www.mersenne.org](https://www.mersenne.org/download/ "https://www.mersenne.org/download/")

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### Contact

* [gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap](https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap "https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/prime95#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/prime95#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/prime95#tab-security)

#### Free Mersenne Prime Search Software

The client of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a volunteer computing project dedicated to searching for Mersenne primes. It is also used in overclocking to test for system stability.

**NOTICE**

This is not an official distribution of the Prime95 software. It is not a distribution either as the software itself isn't necessarily redistributable according to the upstream's EULA. The actual software will be downloaded from the upstream's official website during launch. As we cannot certify the integrity of the software downloaded from the upstream's official website, we cannot guarantee the security of this snap. Please use it at your own risk.

If you encounter any problems while using this snap, please report them to the snap's own issue tracker:

<https://gitlab.com/brlin/prime95-snap/-/issues>

Thank you for your cooperation.

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## Install Prime95 (UNOFFICIAL) on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/prime95/ubuntu)