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+## Development
+
+If you're running Ubuntu 16.04 and already have `snapcraft` installed, simply
+run:
+```
+$ snapcraft
+```
+
+For other systems we provide a docker image that can be used for snap
+development:
+```
+$ ./ci/docker-run.sh solanalabs/snapcraft snapcraft -d
+```
+
+## Reference
+* https://docs.snapcraft.io/
+