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title: Install vmlinux-to-elf on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of vmlinux-to-elf for Linux - Convert raw Linux
  kernel blobs to ELF files
url: https://snapcraft.io/vmlinux-to-elf
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# vmlinux-to-elf

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* [marin-m](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/marin-m "View all snaps from marin-m")
* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security)

latest/stable 1.3.6

Install latest/stable of vmlinux-to-elf

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install vmlinux-to-elf
```

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

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### Package name

* vmlinux-to-elf

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 22 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 15 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#vmlinux-to-elf:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/#vmlinux-to-elf:matrix.org")

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### Source code

* [github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf](https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf "https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues](https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues "https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Convert raw Linux kernel blobs to ELF files

vmlinux-to-elf is a tool to recover a fully analyzable .ELF from a raw kernel, through extracting the kernel symbol table (kallsyms)

Features:

* Take a raw binary blob or ELF kernel file as an input.
* Automatically detect and unpack the main compression formats used for the Linux kernel.
* Find and extract the embedded kernel symbols table (kallsyms) from the input file.
* Infer the instruction set architecture, endianness, bit size, relying upon other things on common function prologue signatures.
* Infer the entry point of the kernel from the symbols contained in the kallsyms table.
* Provide basic inference for the kernel base address.
* Unpack certain types of Android boot.img files, starting with an "ANDROID!" or "UNCOMPRESSED\_IMG" magic.
* Produce an .ELF file fully analyzable with IDA Pro or Ghidra as an output.

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## Install vmlinux-to-elf 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/vmlinux-to-elf/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/raspbian)