• Wiz@midwest.social
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      2 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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        2 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.