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title: Install ROS MCP Server on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ROS MCP Server for Linux - Connect AI Language
  Models with Robots on ROS using MCP
url: https://snapcraft.io/ros-mcp-server
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# ROS MCP Server

[Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)")

* [Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)")

latest/stable 3.1.0

Install latest/stable of ROS MCP Server

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ros-mcp-server
```

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

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### Package name

* ros-mcp-server

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 1 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 September 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [robotmcp.ai](https://robotmcp.ai/ "https://robotmcp.ai/")

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### Contact

* [canonical-robotics-community-group@canonical.com](mailto:canonical-robotics-community-group@canonical.com "mailto:canonical-robotics-community-group@canonical.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap](https://github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap "https://github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap/issues](https://github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap/issues "https://github.com/canonical/ros-mcp-server-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Connect AI Language Models with Robots on ROS using MCP

ROS-MCP-Server connects large language models (such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini)
to robots, enabling bidirectional communication with no changes to existing robot
source code.

It uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to allow LLMs to publish/subscribe to
ROS topics, call services & actions, set parameters, and monitor robot state in
real time via a rosbridge WebSocket connection.

Supports ROS 2 (Jazzy, Humble, and others) and ROS 1 distributions.

When using HTTP or Streamable HTTP transports, the snap automatically runs
the server as a background daemon. Set the transport via
`snap set ros-mcp-server transport=http` (or `transport=streamable-http`)
and the daemon will start automatically.

Usage:
ros-mcp-server # stdio transport (default)
ros-mcp-server --transport http --port 9000 # HTTP transport
ros-mcp-server --transport streamable-http --port 8080 # Streamable HTTP transport

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## Install ROS MCP Server 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/ros-mcp-server/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros-mcp-server/raspbian)