• Wiz@midwest.social
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    3 days ago

    Hi there. I just installed Kubuntu on a spare machine, but I ran into a problem with the snaps. How would one “de-snap” it? Can you point me in the right direction?

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      3 days ago
      • Remove Snap packages
      snap remove <package-name>
      

      (To check snap PKG installed, run

      snap list
      

      )

      • Uninstall Snapd
      sudo apt purge snapd
      
      • Remove leftover files
      sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/
      

      and/snap`.

      • Optionally install Flatpak if you want an alternative.
      sudo apt install flatpak
      

      . Don’t forget to visit flathub.