How To Install snapd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Ubuntu 20.04. snapd is Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `snapd`

snapd is:

Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are ‘universal’ packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.

Start with ‘snap list’ to see installed snaps. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: snapd Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.48.3+20.04 Built-Using: apparmor (= 2.13.3-7ubuntu5), golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1), libcap2 (= 1:2.32-1), libseccomp (= 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.20.04.3) Priority: optional Section: devel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 123368 Depends: adduser, apparmor (>= 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.2), ca-certificates, openssh-client, squashfs-tools, systemd, udev, libc6 (>= 2.27), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libudev1 (>= 183), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: gnupg Suggests: zenity | kdialog Conflicts: snap (« 2013-11-29-1ubuntu1) Breaks: snap-confine (« 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (« 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (« 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (« 1.9) Replaces: snap-confine (« 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (« 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (« 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (« 1.9) Filename: pool/main/s/snapd/snapd_2.48.3+20.04_amd64.deb Size: 28595792 MD5sum: 5f8cacbaedca4faad49d4a24611d58ba SHA1: 9c4770d5b9f81d37748fd0a7f1cd87eb9f1c29bc SHA256: 59383993a84aa7b1d754b3f95e61ca54e1d60da9a7f8ca82431e6dd44028a91d SHA512: aa093b0c14cd5c3f7689101f94f7a276c9511bdf2cafab75eb971f5b90ff10202481e8e2742454db847767f8b594bbf21310349d959f84a9832d95d61c7ba57d Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are ‘universal’ packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.

Package: snapd Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.44.3+20.04 Built-Using: apparmor (= 2.13.3-7ubuntu4), golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1), libcap2 (= 1:2.32-1), libseccomp (= 2.4.3-1ubuntu1) Priority: optional Section: devel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 102132 Depends: adduser, apparmor (>= 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.2), ca-certificates, openssh-client, squashfs-tools, systemd, udev, libc6 (>= 2.27), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), libudev1 (>= 183), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: gnupg Suggests: zenity | kdialog Conflicts: snap (« 2013-11-29-1ubuntu1) Breaks: snap-confine (« 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (« 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (« 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (« 1.9) Replaces: snap-confine (« 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (« 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (« 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (« 1.9) Filename: pool/main/s/snapd/snapd_2.44.3+20.04_amd64.deb Size: 23199936 MD5sum: 274ac8e603d632a5a3d1b719356c9c1a SHA1: b61595b7aa6afa6258634a524571c425d84069aa SHA256: 4095bba388b6815998a9b36c747d8733f098dfc6f408fe6d5f16b2c19e39c1c7 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are ‘universal’ packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.

There are three methods to install snapd 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 snapd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install snapd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install snapd

Install snapd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install snapd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install snapd

Install snapd 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 snapd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snapd

How To Uninstall snapd on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the snapd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove snapd

Uninstall snapd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall snapd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapd

Remove snapd Configurations and Data

To remove snapd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snapd

Remove snapd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove snapd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snapd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.