How To Install snapd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd
on Debian 9.
What is snapd
snapd is:
Manage an Ubuntu system with snappy.
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.
This is the CLI for snapd, a background service that takes care of snaps on the system. Start with ‘snap list’ to see installed snaps.
There are three methods to install snapd
on Debian 9. 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 Debian. 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 Debian 9
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 Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snapd
Remove snapd Configurations and Data
To remove snapd
configuration and data from Debian 9 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
Dependencies
snapd have the following dependencies:
- adduser
- apparmor
- ca-certificates
- gnupg1
- snap-confine
- squashfs-tools
- systemd
- ubuntu-core-launcher
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.