# Snap Package for Linux distribution

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583 "2017-03-10T02:31:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![taqtiqa-mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/taqtiqa-mark/32/4383_2.png) [@taqtiqa-mark](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/taqtiqa-mark)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583/21 "2019-11-20T00:03:08Z")

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It might be the case the tools in the [jlenv](https://www.github.com/jlenv) help?

The tools there are aimed at building, installing and managing the usage of several versions of Julia on the one system.

These build on the code, hence the experience, of rbenv and pyenv tools.

The chef cookbook is for slower moving targets where there are audibility requirements around Julia’s installation and usage.

Hope that helps?

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**Author:** ![mrcinv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mrcinv/32/12750_2.png) [@mrcinv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrcinv)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583/22 "2020-02-11T01:52:10Z")

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If somebody is still interested in snap for more recent julia version, I’ve created a snap for current stable 1.3.1. It is named [julia-mrcinv](https://snapcraft.io/julia-mrcinv) and is built from [this snapcraft config](https://github.com/mrcinv/julia-snap). The name of the executable is `julia-mrcinv` but it can be linked to `julia` by putting `snap run julia-mrcinv` into a script or using alias.

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**Author:** ![baggepinnen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baggepinnen/32/693_2.png) [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583/23 "2020-02-12T13:44:50Z")

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I do that too, but on my previous laptop that was not feasible due to hard drive limitations imposed by my employer. Also students often find themselves in a situation in which ther computer environment is constrained in various ways, making compilation and certain ways of installing software difficult.

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**Author:** ![kolokd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kolokd/32/15062_2.png) [@kolokd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kolokd)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/snap-package-for-linux-distribution/2583/24 "2020-05-21T17:16:48Z")

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