How to install Snap package support on Linux

November 13, 2018

If you need to install programs on different operating systems, see how to install Snap package support on Linux and start using this kind of universal package.

Snappy, or Snap is another next-generation technology for building and installing desktop applications which promise to revolutionize the way you install programs on Linux.

Snappy is a deployment software and package management system that was designed and built by Canonical for the Ubuntu phone operating system.

These packages are now called snaps. The tool that allows you to use the packages is called, snapd. Currently, it works on several Linux distributions and therefore enables the deployment of software in an independent way.

Get to know the Snap

if you want to learn more about this technology, you can visit the resource page and read the documentation.

How To Installing Snap Package Support on Linux

To install Snap package support on Linux, you must use one of the procedures below.

How to install Snap package support in Gentoo and derivatives

To install support for Snap packages in Gentoo and derivatives, do the following:

Step 1. Open a terminal, preferably as root;
Step 2. Add the Snapd repository with the following command;

nappy]\n location = /usr/local/portage/gentoo-snappy\n sync-type = git\n sync-uri = https://github.com/zyga/gentoo-snappy.git\n priority = 50\n auto-sync = yes
\n Categories=Application’ | sudo tee /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo-snappy.conf

Step 3. Then, execute the command below to activate the repository:

emaint sync –repo gentoo-snappy

Step 4. Install Snapd with the following command;

emerge -av app-emulation/snapd

Step 5. Use the command below to enable Snapd;

systemctl enable –now snapd.service