Snap
Snap is a software management and deployment system that enables distribution-independent software deployment. The packages are called 'snaps' and one tool for using them is 'snapd'. Canonical, the developer of Snap, manages the Snap Store service through which snaps are deployed. snapd is a REST API daemon for managing snap packages. Users can interact with it using the snap client, which is part of the same package.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for app-containers/snapd Service and tools for management of snap packages
+forced-devmode
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Automatically disable application confinement if feature detection fails. |
apparmor
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Enable support for the AppArmor application security system |
gtk
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Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit) |
kde
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Add support for software made by KDE, a free software community |
systemd
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Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking |
Emerge
It is highly recommended that you install and enable apparmor on your system to use snaps
Snaps can be confined using Apparmor, which is now enabled in the standard kernel. Consult the relevant wiki pages to find steps to enable on your system. Security Handbook/Linux Security Modules/AppArmor
root #emerge --ask app-containers/snapdBasic usage
To install an application, e.g. Thunderbird, run:
root #snap install thunderbirdTo remove an application, e.g. Thunderbird, run:
root #snap remove thunderbirdTo run the application use created .desktop file or run:
user $snap run thunderbirdTo update installed applications and runtimes:
root #snap refreshGraphical management
The Snap Store can be installed via snap
root #snap install snap-storeTroubleshooting
Enable flags on SquashFS in case you encounter lzo compression error
Filesystem uses lzo compression Erro. Enable use flags "lzo" on sys-fs/squashfs-tools
Support
If you have any further questions, the Snapcraft forum is a great place to go.
See also
- Docker — a container virtualization environment
- LXD — is a next generation system container manager.
- systemd/systemd-nspawn — a lightweight, loosely chroot-like, OS-level OCI container environment native to systemd.
- Flatpak — a package management framework aiming to provide support for sandboxed, distro-agnostic binary packages for Linux desktop applications.
- Security Handbook/Linux Security Modules/AppArmor