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How to install Copy Shelter on Linux from the Snap Store

The Snap Store, the AppImage and the .deb, and which one suits your system. Updated October 2026.

Short answer: on most Linux desktops, open your software center, search for Copy Shelter, and choose Install. It comes from the Snap Store. Without the Snap Store, download the AppImage or the .deb from copyshelter.com.

Which one to use

Install from the Snap Store

  1. Open App Center on Ubuntu.
  2. Search for Copy Shelter and choose Install.
  3. From a terminal instead: sudo snap install copy-shelter

Install the AppImage or the .deb

  1. Download the file from the Linux page.
  2. AppImage: mark the file as executable, then open it. .deb: open it with your software installer, or run sudo apt install ./copy-shelter.deb.

After it is installed

Copy Shelter walks you through picking folders, or the whole computer, and where the backup goes: a drive, a NAS, or a folder in a cloud account you already have. It asks to start when you sign in, so scheduled backups run without opening it by hand. The Snap asks for each folder once, through your desktop's own file chooser.

Questions

Is the Snap the same as the AppImage and the .deb?

Yes. All three carry the same app and the same backup engine, and a backup made by one opens in the others.

Can it back up the whole computer?

Yes, with Pro. It asks for your password once, through your desktop's own prompt, to read files outside your home folder.

Which Linux versions does it run on?

Any 64-bit Linux with a recent desktop: Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Linux Mint and the rest.