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Snap[1] is a software deployment and package management for Linux available at least since 2015[2] with support for channels[3] and parallel installs [4].
Snaps are basically an application compiled together with its dependencies and libraries – providing a sandboxed environment for the application to run. These are easier and faster to install, can receive latest updates and is confined from the OS and other apps.
Basic operations
- Installation:
sudo apt install snapd
[5] - Install your first application:
snap install hello
- Remove an application:
snap remove hello-world
- Search for your application:
snap find SNAP_TO_SEARCH
- Search for Canonical’s snaps:
snap find Canonical
- Search for Canonical’s snaps:
- List installed snaps:
snap list
snap changes
- Show Info:
snap info SNAP_NAME
- Update your snaps:
sudo snap refresh
Snapshots and Roll Back
- Take a snapshot:
snap save
- Roll Back (including data):
sudo snap revert hello
Channels
- Change channel:
sudo snap refresh hello --channel=beta
Adoption
snaps were introduced in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Activities
- Read snap source code: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd
- Enable snaps in Fedora:
sudo dnf install snapd
andsudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
See also
- Snap:
snap
,snapd
,snapctl
,snapcraft
,snap
: [list
|install
|find
|info
|services
|start
|stop
|remove
|refresh | set
|logs
]snapd
|snap list | snap version
|snap find aws
|snap --help
] - Ubuntu
APT
:wajig
,apt-cache
,add-apt-repository
PPA,apt
[install
|remove
|purge | show | list | changelog
|update
|upgrade
],do-release-upgrade
,apt-mark
,apt full-upgrade
,sources.list
, APT Automatic updates,unattended-upgrade
,apt-transport-https
,apt-get update
,/etc/apt/
,/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
,/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
,/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
,apt-file, apt-utils
- Docker containers
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