# Announcement: Dropping architectures from the CMake snap

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/announcement-dropping-architectures-from-the-cmake-snap/8116
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/announcement-dropping-architectures-from-the-cmake-snap/8116 "2023-05-13T09:15:06Z")
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### Author: ![craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/craig.scott/32/20_2.png) [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/announcement-dropping-architectures-from-the-cmake-snap/8116/1 "2023-05-13T09:15:06Z")

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Cross-posting here for visibility. If you are installing CMake on Linux using the snap package, please note the changes in the following post:

> **[Announcement: Dropping architectures from the CMake snap](https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/announcement-dropping-architectures-from-the-cmake-snap/35137)**
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> TL;DR Starting with the CMake 3.27 release series, snap packages will be provided only for the amd64 and arm64 architectures. The existing snap packages for CMake 3.26 and earlier for the armhf, i386, ppc64el and s390x architectures will continue...