Snap^[1] is a software deployment and package management for Linux available at least since 2015^[2] with support for channels^[3] and parallel installs^[4].

Snaps are basically an application compiled together with its dependencies and libraries – providing a sandboxed environment for the application to run. These are easier and faster to install, can receive latest updates and is confined from the OS and other apps.

• Installation:sudo apt install snapd^[5]
• Install your first application:snap install hello
• Remove an application:snap remove hello-world
• Search for your application:snap find SNAP_TO_SEARCH
• List snaps:snap list
• Show Info:snap info SNAP_NAME
• Update your snaps:sudo snap refresh

• Take a snapshot:snap save
• Roll Back (including data):sudo snap revert hello

• Change channel:sudo snap refresh hello --channel=beta

• Read snap source code:https://github.com/snapcore/snapd
• Enable snaps in Fedora:sudo dnf install snapd andsudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

• Snapcraft
• Ubuntu
• dockercontainers

1. ↑https://github.com/snapcore/snapd
2. ↑https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/releases/tag/0.1-0ubuntu1
3. ↑https://snapcraft.io/docs/channels
4. ↑https://snapcraft.io/docs/parallel-installs
5. ↑https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/basic-snap-usage#1

• Linux