# Cannot get Processing 4.5.5 to run under Linux Mint

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**Created:** [July 10, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-get-processing-4-5-5-to-run-under-linux-mint/48986 "2026-07-10T21:37:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-get-processing-4-5-5-to-run-under-linux-mint/48986/4 "2026-07-11T17:20:58Z")

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If you’ve got it via a snap package, maybe it’s worth re-install it like this:  
`snap install processing --classic`

> [@Processing 4.4 and Linux](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-4-4-and-linux/46238/2):
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> You may try out install it as “classic”: snap install processing --classic On the “snap” site it’s in version 4.4.1 btW:

Although I guess it’s more likely you’ve got it via flatpak instead, given Mint doesn’t bundle snap!

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