How To Install snapd on Fedora 34
snapd is A transactional software package manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Fedora 34.
What is snapd
Snappy is a modern, cross-distribution, transactional package manager designed for working with self-contained, immutable packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install snapd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install snapd.
Install snapd on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install snapd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install snapd
Install snapd on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install snapd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install snapd
How To Uninstall snapd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the snapd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove snapd
snapd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/profile.d/snapd.sh
/etc/sysconfig/snapd
/etc/xdg/autostart/snap-userd-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/snap
/usr/bin/snapctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/b939f81b64d21069e28815c3bb2fc97260eb39
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/7f348cc9b3fb9db53802ad88056ff6526fed95
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/69d1ed8db7fb446645b9a0c88ad789985637e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/f952f84419402c4ef7559c3fb57087cda6f72c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/3bae25bed13ebfb50b6e263cd6dd34bc8d2a00
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/ec794dfa04dc6c64f3f86d735eb135c285521f
/usr/lib/environment.d/990-snapd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system-environment-generators/snapd-env-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.autoimport.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.failure.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.seeded.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/user/snapd.session-agent.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/snapd.session-agent.socket
/usr/libexec/snapd
/usr/libexec/snapd/complete.sh
/usr/libexec/snapd/etelpmoc.sh
/usr/libexec/snapd/info
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-exec
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-failure
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-mgmt
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-mgmt-selinux
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapctl
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd.run-from-snap
/usr/share/applications/io.snapcraft.SessionAgent.desktop
/usr/share/applications/snap-handle-link.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/snap
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.Launcher.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.SessionAgent.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.Settings.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/session.d/snapd.session-services.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/snapd.system-services.conf
/usr/share/doc/snapd
/usr/share/doc/snapd/MOVED.md
/usr/share/doc/snapd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/snapd/error-kinds.go
/usr/share/licenses/snapd
/usr/share/licenses/snapd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/snap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/snapd-env-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/io.snapcraft.snapd.policy
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_snap
/var/cache/snapd
/var/lib/snapd
/var/lib/snapd/assertions
/var/lib/snapd/cookie
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1/services
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1/system-services
/var/lib/snapd/desktop
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications
/var/lib/snapd/device
/var/lib/snapd/hostfs
/var/lib/snapd/inhibit
/var/lib/snapd/lib
/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl
/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32
/var/lib/snapd/lib/glvnd
/var/lib/snapd/lib/vulkan
/var/lib/snapd/mount
/var/lib/snapd/seccomp
/var/lib/snapd/seccomp/bpf
/var/lib/snapd/snap
/var/lib/snapd/snap/README
/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin
/var/lib/snapd/snaps
/var/lib/snapd/state.json
/var/snap
/etc/profile.d/snapd.sh
/etc/sysconfig/snapd
/etc/xdg/autostart/snap-userd-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/snap
/usr/bin/snapctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/b818334299aec0466ce9adcd5586bacba9ca44
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/0ae6cff69f0ffd1a64ff627d7513c92481f0e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/1bf74142a78881e3f1730fe748d15ac5ab9931
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/ef80338816986d09119bf6818720753197e20d
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/bca20e97bd82d4cb6079b1b55833df2b8f2936
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/a11a404a0e1efca186c594731d564d0c37fa14
/usr/lib/environment.d/990-snapd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system-environment-generators/snapd-env-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.autoimport.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.failure.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.seeded.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/user/snapd.session-agent.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/snapd.session-agent.socket
/usr/libexec/snapd
/usr/libexec/snapd/complete.sh
/usr/libexec/snapd/etelpmoc.sh
/usr/libexec/snapd/info
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-exec
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-failure
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-mgmt
/usr/libexec/snapd/snap-mgmt-selinux
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapctl
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd
/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd.run-from-snap
/usr/share/applications/io.snapcraft.SessionAgent.desktop
/usr/share/applications/snap-handle-link.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/snap
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.Launcher.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.SessionAgent.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/io.snapcraft.Settings.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/session.d/snapd.session-services.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/snapd.system-services.conf
/usr/share/doc/snapd
/usr/share/doc/snapd/MOVED.md
/usr/share/doc/snapd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/snapd/error-kinds.go
/usr/share/licenses/snapd
/usr/share/licenses/snapd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/snap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/snapd-env-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/io.snapcraft.snapd.policy
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_snap
/var/cache/snapd
/var/lib/snapd
/var/lib/snapd/assertions
/var/lib/snapd/cookie
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1/services
/var/lib/snapd/dbus-1/system-services
/var/lib/snapd/desktop
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications
/var/lib/snapd/device
/var/lib/snapd/hostfs
/var/lib/snapd/inhibit
/var/lib/snapd/lib
/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl
/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32
/var/lib/snapd/lib/glvnd
/var/lib/snapd/lib/vulkan
/var/lib/snapd/mount
/var/lib/snapd/seccomp
/var/lib/snapd/seccomp/bpf
/var/lib/snapd/snap
/var/lib/snapd/snap/README
/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin
/var/lib/snapd/snaps
/var/lib/snapd/state.json
/var/snap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.