Installed ubuntu 18.04, purged snapd. It was back after `do-release-upgrade` to 20.04
Especially if the people authoring the do-release-upgrade scripts weren't aware of this being a hot-button issue.
What is the cleanest way of ditch the snap system and its preinstalled apps? I'm assuming this won't break anything important.
PS: I'm not planning on installing 20.04 any time soon. At least not until the dust really settles. I don't see the point of running the absolutely latest version until there is a strong, evidence-backed consensus on its strong and weak points.
sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap
rm -fr ~/snap
From: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035915/how-to-remove-snap-s...
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sudo apt purge snapd
rm -vrf ~/snap
# following may not be required as apt purge already removes them
sudo rm -vrf /snap /var/snap /var/lib/snapd /var/cache/snapd /usr/lib/snapd
# trying to install some package like chromium-browser will bring back snapd
# make sure snapd is not installed as a dependency anymore
# downside is that some package installation might fail because of dependecy on snapd
sudo apt-mark hold snapd
From: https://www.kevin-custer.com/blog/disabling-snaps-in-ubuntu-...