How To Install snapcraft on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is snapcraft
snapcraft is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
snapcraft is now replaced by the Snapcraft snap.
Package: snapcraft Architecture: all Version: 3.0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Snapcraft Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 54 Pre-Depends: debconf, snapd Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Breaks: snapcraft-examples (« 3.0~), snapcraft-parser (« 3.0~) Replaces: snapcraft-examples (« 3.0~), snapcraft-parser (« 3.0~) Filename: pool/universe/s/snapcraft/snapcraft_3.0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 7680 MD5sum: f3c7fe570b63718ad09935ab4f9c7c91 SHA1: c22be971b607cabcd095e5c899b1994d0c9924b4 SHA256: f94655194e32ec4d23a954529d258cd49e11ff86e607cc11cfcc2ef9e4e2c3c4 Homepage: https://snapcraft.io Description-en: Transitional package - snapcraft -> snap (snapcraft) This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
snapcraft is now replaced by the Snapcraft snap.
There are three methods to install snapcraft on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install snapcraft Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snapcraft
Install snapcraft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snapcraft
Install snapcraft Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snapcraft
How To Uninstall snapcraft on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the snapcraft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snapcraft
Uninstall snapcraft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snapcraft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapcraft
Remove snapcraft Configurations and Data
To remove snapcraft configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snapcraft
Remove snapcraft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snapcraft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snapcraft
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
