How to Install Snap on Ubuntu & CentOS/RHEL

In this article we are going to shows how to install and use Snap on Ubuntu & CentOS/RHEL. If you want to learn about Snap package management system in Linux with Examples then this post is ideal for you.

Snap is a cross-distribution software deployment and package management system. Snap packages are safe to install and run, they auto-update and we can also roll-back the changes easily. Snap is the best and easiest way to install packages on Linux machine, including Ubuntu.

Snap applications are combined with all required dependencies into a single package which is install and run on all Linux distributions.

The main and important components of the snap package management system are show below:

• snapd – snapd is a background service that is used to manage and maintain your snaps on your Linux machine.
• snap – It is used to install and remove snaps.
• snapcraft – snapcraft is a framework and command-line tool for building snaps.
• snap store – Its is a place where open source developers can share their snaps and users can search and install them.

Install Snap on Ubuntu

To Install snap package manager in your Ubuntu machine , run the commands below :

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd

Install Snap on CentOS/RHEL

By default, Snap is not included in CentOS & RHEL default repository. You will need to add third party repository(EPEL) to install it.

Run the command below to install EPEL repository:

sudo yum install epel-release

Now you are able to install snap on your machine:

sudo yum install snapd

next, run the command below to enable the snap package:

$ sudo systemctl enable –now snapd.socket

Basic Snap Commands

Install Packages using Snap

Run the command below to install packages using snap:

sudo snap install package_name

Remove a package using Snap

Run the command below to Remove package from your Linux machine:

sudo snap remove package_name

Update package

Snap packages are updated automatically, you don’t need to run a command to update snap packages.

But you can also Upgrade Snap packages manually, run the command below to do that;

sudo snap refresh

OR

sudo snap refresh package_name

Find packages

Run the command below to find snap packages in the terminal:

sudo snap find search_text

Or you can visit the official Snap website.

List all installed snap packages

To list all the installed snap packages in your Linux machine, run the command below:

sudo snap list

Check Information of a package

You can check all information of a package by using command below:

sudo snap info package_name

Roll-back the changes

If you want to revert the recently updated Snap package to the previously installed version, run the command below:

sudo snap revert package_name

That’s all.

If you face any error and issue in above steps , please use comment box below to report.