Tutorials¶
This section of our documentation contains step-by-step tutorials to help outline what snap is capable of while helping you achieve specific aims, such as installing your favourite applications, taking a data snapshot, removing snaps or reinstalling the snap daemon (snapd).
Get started¶
Snap is installed by default on Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions. Our Features tour is an ideal way to get started.
Features tour: All of snap’s main features on a single page
Installation¶
Installation instructions for those distributions that don’t include snap by default, and for users who may have previously removed snap from distributions that do.
Installing snapd: Installation instructions for all popular Linux distributions
Snap pre-installed¶
The snap daemon (snapd) is pre-installed and ready to go on the following:
Without snap¶
For distributions without the snap daemon pre-installed, use the links below for specific installation instructions:
* While snapd is pre-installed on these systems, installation instructions can help if you’re using older versions, or want to re-install snap after removing it.