Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-plugin-snap on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-software-plugin-snap
gnome-software-plugin-snap is:
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the
technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides
data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An
appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the
appdata format.
This package contains the Snap plugin.
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gnome-software-plugin-snap
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Source: gnome-software
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 266
Depends: gnome-software (= 3.36.0-0ubuntu3), snapd, libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.6.13), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.4), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.12.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.57), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52.0)
Breaks: gnome-software (« 3.22.3)
Replaces: gnome-software (« 3.22.3)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software-plugin-snap_3.36.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 72504
MD5sum: d8adaa8c589fb3eb5f68e7c1082b4a8e
SHA1: c5d154adaf814d1eeaabaafb9f126683e11ae8a3
SHA256: a587eee12cd9a6b0a9fbacfb39f7dbaabb8beeebb91f692b70dbf236382c1e4c
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Description-en: Snap support for GNOME Software
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the
technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides
data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An
appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the
appdata format.
This package contains the Snap plugin.
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-software-plugin-snap on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-software-plugin-snap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-plugin-snap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software-plugin-snap
Install gnome-software-plugin-snap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-plugin-snap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software-plugin-snap
Install gnome-software-plugin-snap Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-plugin-snap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software-plugin-snap
How To Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-snap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-software-plugin-snap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software-plugin-snap
Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-snap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software-plugin-snap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software-plugin-snap
Remove gnome-software-plugin-snap Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-software-plugin-snap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software-plugin-snap
Remove gnome-software-plugin-snap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-software-plugin-snap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software-plugin-snap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-plugin-snap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
