[Bug 1868409] Re: gnome-{calculator, logs, characters} snaps not removed after the equivalent APT packages are installed on 20.04, and gnome-software APT package not replaced by snap-store

[Brian Murray]

The desktop team is currently working on changes to update-manager which
would replace snaps with deb packages and this would help people who
installed or upgraded to the development release of Ubuntu early.

https://code.launchpad.net/~marcustomlinson/update-manager/update-
manager/+merge/380060

However, that would not help you out as you are using apt directly.

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Title:
  gnome-{calculator,logs,characters} snaps not removed after the
  equivalent APT packages are installed on 20.04, and gnome-software APT
  package not replaced by snap-store

Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm trialing the development release of Ubuntu 20.04, installed in
  December and kept up-to-date by regularly running apt full-upgrade.

  I understand from [1] that 20.04 will ship
  gnome-{calculator,logs,characters} as APT packages rather than snap
  apps, and gnome-software as a snap app (called snap-store) rather than
  an APT package.

  Following an apt full-upgrade in late February, I now have:

  * both the snap and the APT versions of gnome-{calculator,logs,characters}
  * still only the APT version of gnome-software, no snap-store

  Is this normal? A user in the #ubuntu+1 IRC channel reports that a
  fresh install of the development release:

  * only features the APT versions of gnome-{calculator,logs,characters}
  * features the snap-store (but also the APT version of gnome-software)

  Are users of older installs of the development release supposed to
  manually uninstall the snap versions of
  gnome-{calculator,logs,characters} and manually install the snap-
  store?

  [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/is-ubuntu-software-going-to-be-
  remove-for-snap-snap-store/14542

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