snap Cheat Sheet
Commands
snap version
snap list # List installed
snap list --all # List including all revisions
snap find <string> # Find available snaps by name
snap info <name> # Print details
snap install <name>
snap remove <name>
snap remove --purge <name> # Remove without creating a snapshot
snap refresh <name> # Update snap
snap revert <name> # Revert to previous version
snap disable <name>
snap enable <name>
Channels
snap install --channel=edge <name> # Install from another channel
snap switch --channel=stable <name> # Switch to another channel
Confinement
Check confinement with
snap connections <name>
If a home interface is listed. The snap will have a home dir in ~/snap/<name>
Snapshots
Snapshots might be created automatically or are create when removing snaps.
snap saved # List snapshots
snap save # New snapshot for all installed snaps
snap restore <id> # Restore a snapshot
snap forget <id> # Delete a snapshot
snap check-snapshot <id> # Verify snapshot
snap export-snapshot <id> <filename> # Export as tarball to given filename
snap import-snapshot <tarball>
snap set system snapshots.automatic.retention=12d # Set snapshot retention
For details: https://snapcraft.io/docs/snapshots
Gettting rid of snap in Ubuntu 20.x/22.x
snap list # To see all packages
snap remove <packages> # Remove all packages except "core*" and "bare"
rm -rf /var/cache/snapd
apt autoremove --purge snapd