How To Install snapd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Rocky Linux 8. snapd is A transactional software package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install snapd.

Install snapd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install snapd

Install snapd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove snapd

snapd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/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/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/806160f8d924641619e80ca3bed72fadc788b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/2ae13085b7e48ae2b4fbb508d81d643f071616
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/a291f9c303cb5e6e6f51bbf0a0e77dd87531d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/88ed9e38941e3661aace00531dbcf8b0dbca3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/135d7eb6a5521f15ad1e17761a51f7355fb93c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/daf701b43c486a0904682a0c4bdd412cf8d78a
/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

snapd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.