13. Ubuntu Snap Package Management
The previous chapter explored the use of the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) to install and update software packages on an Ubuntu system. In recent years a new package management system called Snap has been under development by the Ubuntu team at Canonical, Ltd. Although there are no official plans to replace APT entirely with Snap, the list of packages that can now be installed as “snaps” continues to grow.
The goal of this chapter is to introduce the Snap system, highlight the key advantages it has over the APT system and to outline how to use the snap command-line tool to install and manage snap -based software packages.
13.1 Managing Software with Snap
The apt tool installs software that is packaged in ...
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