{"id":312,"date":"2016-02-07T22:35:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=312"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:44:22","slug":"installing-snip-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/installing-snip-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing SNIP on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ubuntu release of SNIP<\/span> is no longer supported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The last installer was release 01_10 issued July 2017 and is no longer available.<\/p>\n

At this time SNIP<\/strong><\/span> is support on all windows platforms and OS releases from Windows 7.x onward.<\/p>\n

Most deployment run a dedicated host machine for SNIP<\/span><\/strong>. If you and your shop are not a “windows guys” (and who is when they have a choice) we suggest you lease a Window VM host from AWS or some similar vendor and place the copy of SNIP<\/strong><\/span> there.\u00a0 The monthly cost will be about $50\/mth to do this.<\/p>\n

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The information below is somewhat out of date as the new 2.03.9x beta is completed.<\/p>\n

Rev 2.01.00 Update Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The (pending) release of 2.01.00 for Ubuntu use follows the same code base as the windows editions.\u00a0 A few notable changes, and one missing features should be mentioned.<\/p>\n

Text Sizes<\/h4>\n

The precise text sizing between Windows and Ubuntu systems remain uneven<\/em> in small ways.\u00a0 We have implemented some additional style sheets on the Ubuntu edition to address this.\u00a0 These where chosen to make a “stock” 16.04 LTS platform appear identical to the Window editions.\u00a0 If you are familiar\u00a0 with the Qt style sheet system, you can also run SNIP<\/strong><\/span> with a stylesheet of your own.\u00a0 This may be helpful is you are running on one the many Ubuntu derivatives (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.).\u00a0 Just add your styles to the script used on invoke SNIP<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

{application_name} -stylesheet {path_to_style_sheet}<\/code><\/pre>\n
FTP Jobs<\/h4>\n
At this time the zip file compression and ftp batch processing for data logging files does not work on the the Ubuntu edition.\u00a0 Other than this and the the lack of the WinSparkle<\/a> updating, the two editions are the same.<\/p>\n
Two Memory Leaks<\/h4>\n
As part of preparing the Ubuntu edition, two memory leaks were discovered and removed. Both resulted when ill-formed incoming connections (PUSH-In connections from NTRIP Servers<\/a>) disconnected from the SNIP<\/strong><\/span> node before sending data.\u00a0 After several tens of thousand of such repeat connections, increased memory usage would be noticeable.\u00a0 A new window edition was also released to address this.<\/p>\n
Chart Fonts<\/h4>\n
Several additional true type fonts were added to the package.\u00a0 Some users, when using SNIP<\/strong><\/span> on Macintosh and with wine, noticed that basic fonts could be missing.\u00a0 This is not an official supported configuration for SNIP<\/strong><\/span>, but it is known to work.<\/p>\n
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General Comments on the Ubuntu Edition of SNIP
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The initial port of SNIP<\/strong><\/span> from Windows to Ubuntu was first based on the 1.6.0 release and contained the same set of features found in the Windows edition.\u00a0 This was then updated to the 1.0.0 release.<\/p>\n
A few general points about these releases follow:<\/p>\n