How To Install snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is snapcraft-examples
snapcraft-examples is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
snapcraft-examples is no longer part of Snapcraft.
Package: snapcraft-examples Architecture: all Version: 3.0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/utils Source: snapcraft Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Snapcraft Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 44 Depends: snapcraft (>= 3.0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/s/snapcraft/snapcraft-examples_3.0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 1656 MD5sum: 793f43f6dea302a01d4fd18a36805111 SHA1: d695d78b0cdc77e52fc96f9596cea996e89cff85 SHA256: 2263635d66f4167953d3bcaaf48535a145c06f509304a16ff4460ebb3d90467c Homepage: https://snapcraft.io Description-en: Transitional package - snapcraft-examples -> snap (snapcraft) This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
snapcraft-examples is no longer part of Snapcraft.
There are three methods to install snapcraft-examples 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-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snapcraft-examples
Install snapcraft-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snapcraft-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snapcraft-examples
Install snapcraft-examples 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-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snapcraft-examples
How To Uninstall snapcraft-examples on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the snapcraft-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snapcraft-examples
Uninstall snapcraft-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snapcraft-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapcraft-examples
Remove snapcraft-examples Configurations and Data
To remove snapcraft-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snapcraft-examples
Remove snapcraft-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snapcraft-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snapcraft-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapcraft-examples package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.