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title: Install solarus on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of solarus for Linux - A lightweight, free and
  open-source game engine for Action-RPGs.
url: https://snapcraft.io/solarus
---

# solarus

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* [Solarus Games (solarusgames)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/solarusgames "View all snaps from Solarus Games (solarusgames)")
* [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games)

latest/stable 1.6.5

Install latest/stable of solarus

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

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install solarus
```

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

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### Package name

* solarus

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 28 April 2024 - latest/stable
* 15 July 2024 - latest/candidate

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

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### Websites

* [www.solarus-games.org](https://www.solarus-games.org "https://www.solarus-games.org")

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### Contact

* [solarus-games.org](https://solarus-games.org/about/contact/ "https://solarus-games.org/about/contact/")

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### Donations

* [solarus-games.org](https://solarus-games.org/about/donate/ "https://solarus-games.org/about/donate/")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git](https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git "https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap.git")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus-snap/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### A lightweight, free and open-source game engine for Action-RPGs.

Solarus is a free and open source Action-RPG game engine, licensed under GPL, and written in C++.
It runs games (called *quests*) written in Lua, and can work on a great number of platforms.
Solarus also features an editor application to help you create your own quests.

A collection of Solarus Quests can be explored in the Solarus website:

* <https://www.solarus-games.org/games/>

Information about Solarus and making quests can be found in the Solarus communities:

* Discord: <https://discord.gg/yYHjJHt>
* Forum: <https://forum.solarus-games.org/>

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## Install solarus 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/solarus/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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