Install or remove Snap
By default, AnduinOS doesn't come with Snap pre-installed.
Why Snap is not pre-installed?
While Snap solved the package conflict problem, it introduced a new set of problems. Reference this. Considering the user experience, we decided to remove Snap from AnduinOS.
To tell if you have Snap installed, you can run the following command:
snap --version
If you you want to install Snap, you can run the following command:
Install Snap
sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snap.pref
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y snapd
If you want to remove Snap, you can run the following command:
Remove Snap
sudo snap remove firefox || true
sudo snap remove snap-store || true
sudo snap remove gtk-common-themes || true
sudo snap remove snapd-desktop-integration || true
sudo snap remove bare || true
sudo apt purge -y snapd
sudo rm -rf /snap /var/snap /var/lib/snapd /var/cache/snapd /usr/lib/snapd ~/snap
echo "Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -10" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snap.pref
sudo chown root:root /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snap.pref