How To Install ubuntu-snappy on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-snappy on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-snappy
ubuntu-snappy is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-snappy Architecture: all Version: 2.48.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 154 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-snappy_2.48.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1588 MD5sum: 16f47fac91c0e99f0e8d4862b722cf2d SHA1: 9b85045ef3a57ebbdfab42c5c6962bc45593b0f1 SHA256: a380de6326317c00c66537432584257f7193e34c4aa3d9d3633e6db0ce4699c1 SHA512: d7112f718609c7df1e084baeb778c889f97a458ff88a23c8b9b736456cc799953e0b14f1ba3de241ec648c131417302a16e927247565947d74c6b3a4441a9268 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
Package: ubuntu-snappy Architecture: all Version: 2.44.3+20.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: snapd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 130 Depends: snapd Filename: pool/universe/s/snapd/ubuntu-snappy_2.44.3+20.04_all.deb Size: 1592 MD5sum: 8d8d4971b87497cc84a834eda78e3c36 SHA1: 88fff3fb43be036a58c9209f5501a46f6f3c7aa5 SHA256: 0e5186792c5ccae7a06d82e5f8a01de1884c42bf2c18bd1b2f8b2815d0723843 Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-snappy 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 ubuntu-snappy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-snappy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-snappy
Install ubuntu-snappy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-snappy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-snappy
Install ubuntu-snappy 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 ubuntu-snappy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-snappy
How To Uninstall ubuntu-snappy on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-snappy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-snappy
Uninstall ubuntu-snappy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-snappy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-snappy
Remove ubuntu-snappy Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-snappy configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-snappy
Remove ubuntu-snappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-snappy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-snappy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-snappy package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
