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Installed Ubuntu on a friend's laptop last weekend. Today her Firefox wouldn't open because snap was reporting it couldn't update it because it was already runn

by nanna 4y ago

Installed Ubuntu on a friend's laptop last weekend. Today her Firefox wouldn't open because snap was reporting it couldn't update it because it was already running. She restarted computer, same problem. She asked if she can "delete" snap. I'm a debian person, so not sure. Can she?

matkoniecz 4y ago
Why not install Debian on her laptop?
- nanna 4y ago
  I was running out of time and the Debian installer needed non-free driver packages to be added. If I had more time I would've gone that route.
usr1106 4y ago
snap can be uninstalled. But then she needs Firefox from another source, there is no official .deb package any more. There is also the risk that some update or package installation will pull in snap again. Doable for a technical user who only runs apt from command line and always reads the dependencies before answering yes. Not suitable for non-technical users.