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title: Install XV Image Viewer on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of XV Image Viewer for Linux - The classic image
  manipulation program
url: https://snapcraft.io/xv
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# XV Image Viewer (xv)

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latest/edge 3.10a+dg20180618

Install latest/edge of XV Image Viewer

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 xv --edge
```

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

XV Image Viewer is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* xv

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 10 September 2020 - latest/edge

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

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### The classic image manipulation program

The ubiquitous and time-honored XV is the industry-leading program for
fast, no-nonsense image display in the X Window System. It can operate on
many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM,
XPM, X11 bitmap, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, BPM, RGB, BMP, PCX, FITS, and PM,
on all known types of X displays.

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## Install XV Image Viewer 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/xv/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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