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Asked: 2020-06-07 21:03:20 +0800 CST

How to tell which packages will be installed by snap

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I just discovered that chromium is released as a snap package in my Ubuntu 20.04, and I'd like to know what else are like this. So,

How can I tell which packages come from snap? I.e., I want to have a list of packages that on trying to install using APT actually installs Snaps.

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  1. Best Answer

    The transition of Chromium browser to a snap package was planned since 19.10 and was announced on Snapcraft Blog. As of now I'm not aware of any other package with which with such transition happened.

    You can always refer to package details on Ubuntu Packages or the output of apt show package and check if it's dummy package and depends on snap. For example, in case of Chromium browser, package details mentions:

    Transitional package - chromium-browser -> chromium snap

    The output of apt show also mentions that it is a dummy package and can be safely removed.

    $ apt show chromium-browser
Package: chromium-browser
Version: 81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers 
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 164 kB
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser, x-www-browser
Pre-Depends: debconf, snapd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/
Download-Size: 48.4 kB
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Description: Transitional package - chromium-browser -> chromium snap
 This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
 .
 chromium-browser is now replaced by the chromium snap.
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