What tools to work with pkgs installed thru snap system

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Sat Dec 4 10:06:51 UTC 2021


On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 07:11:52PM -0500, hput via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Personally I think that snap is a disaster.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > I have removed snap/snapd from all my Ubuntu family systems.
> 
> This [including snipped parts] sounds like something I might want to
> do.
> 
> What happens to things that are now installed by snap on new install
> (or upgrade such as for me) such as firefox and several others I see
> from `snap list'
> 
> You just revert to apt/apt-get/aptitude?
> 
> And all will go along smoothly?
> 
I think Firefox in particular updates by other means if/when you
remove snap, as for other things I don't really know I'm afraid.

I think you need to check what is currently installed using snap and
then decide how to deal with any consequences.

-- 
Chris Green




More information about the ubuntu-users mailing list