Snap Cheatsheet

Snap is the new package format that Ubuntu is pushing for many of its applications instead of the Deb package (installed using apt). The main advantage is that the snap package is self contained and so that allows developers to push new versions of their package directly without requiring integration with the Ubuntu package repository or its specific versions of libraries.

• Find: Use the find command to search for packages:

$ snap find foobar

• Info: To look at information about a package:

$ snap info foobar

Info includes descriptions, the channels available for this package (stable, beta etc.) and the versions in those channels.

• Install: To install the package from its stable channel:

$ sudo snap install foobar

To install from a different channel, beta for example:

$ sudo snap install foobar --channel beta

• Uninstall: To remove an installed package:

$ sudo snap remove foobar

• List: To list all the installed packages:

$ snap list

Reference:

• https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/01/earch-install-remove-snap-apps-command-line/

Tried with: Snap 2.59.5 and Ubuntu 22.04