Complete Guide: Installing snapcraft on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "snapcraft" package

Please follow the instructions below to install snapcraft on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "snapcraft" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall snapcraft on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snapcraft package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: snapcraft
Architecture: all
Version: 2.43.1+16.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Snapcraft Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1363
Depends: binutils, execstack, patchelf (>= 0.9), python3-apt, python3-debian, python3-click, python3-jsonschema, python3-lxml, python3-paramiko, python3-petname, python3-pkg-resources, python3-progressbar, python3-pyelftools, python3-pymacaroons, python3-pysha3, python3-requests, python3-requests-toolbelt, python3-requests-unixsocket, python3-setuptools, python3-simplejson, python3-tabulate, python3-xdg, python3-yaml, squashfs-tools, sudo, xdelta3, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Suggests: lxd, snapd (>= 2.15~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snapcraft/snapcraft_2.43.1+16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 216054
MD5sum: 538145457d47cfbea2b908c0f0e4237e
SHA1: eb262d524d3d44cc23a3039a784f460270468869
SHA256: 2084ef3bf4e2ee1c26a097af3bd38a7c41f9965fff149847f158956fb3c6b06a
SHA512: ff323d0240cc3ad416f35b3b5f63402725efe98c5d7aade1551194f4959712de68e990194ef5d1ec01ffbf682268fea20fa148e4f7c5dfe335756234056ecde5
Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft
Description-en: easily craft snaps
Snapcraft aims to make upstream developers' lives easier and as such is not
a single toolset, but instead is a collection of tools that enable the
natural workflow of an upstream to be extended with a simple release step
into Snappy.
Description-md5: f2b9ada80f848158a030d4fdb4463569

Package: snapcraft
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 346
Maintainer: Snapcraft Team
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8.4
Depends: python3-apt, python3-docopt, python3-jsonschema, python3-lxml, python3-magic, python3-petname, python3-pkg-resources, python3-progressbar, python3-requests, python3-requests-oauthlib, python3-requests-toolbelt, python3-ssoclient, python3-xdg, python3-yaml, squashfs-tools, sudo, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Suggests: lxd
Filename: pool/universe/s/snapcraft/snapcraft_2.8.4_all.deb
Size: 60654
MD5sum: c2d4d38daa222b4ae519ab3ac9db8da9
SHA1: a25edd81065f08ed173b1b3947904a901dd775cd
SHA256: aa3dfcf0b24b372d395f1dbc0b884cd8c1fdfa83e706dd5b7164d0ccebc912d3
Description-en: easily craft snaps
Snapcraft aims to make upstream developers' lives easier and as such is not
a single toolset, but instead is a collection of tools that enable the
natural workflow of an upstream to be extended with a simple release step
into Snappy.
Description-md5: f2b9ada80f848158a030d4fdb4463569
Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snapcraft
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu