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title: Install Processing on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Processing for Linux - A friendly software
  sketchbook
url: https://snapcraft.io/processing
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# Processing

[Processing](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/processing "View all snaps from Processing")

* [Processing](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/processing "View all snaps from Processing")
* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)
* [Education](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=education)

latest/stable 4.5.6

Install latest/stable of Processing

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install processing --classic
```

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

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### Package name

* processing

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### License

* GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1-or-later

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### Last updated

* 20 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 September 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

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

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### Donations

* [processing.org](https://processing.org/donate "https://processing.org/donate")

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### Source code

* [github.com/processing/processing4](https://github.com/processing/processing4 "https://github.com/processing/processing4")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/processing/processing4/issues](https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues "https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### A friendly software sketchbook

Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a programming language designed for learning how to code.

Processing is open source and is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Projects created with Processing are also cross-platform, and can be used on macOS, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi, and many other Linux platforms.

An open project initiated by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. Supported by programmers like you and the nonprofit processing Foundation. 501 (c)(3).

**Copyright**

* @2012-2021 The Processing Foundation
* @2004-2012 Ben Fry and Casey Reas
* @2001-2004 Massachusetts Institue of Technology

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## Install Processing 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/processing/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/processing/raspbian)