How to install Snapd on CentOS server

Snaps are programmes that have all of their dependencies bundled and ready to run on all widely used Linux distributions from a single build. They automatically update and gracefully roll back.

The Snap Store, an app store with millions of users, allows users to find and download Snaps.

Snaps are safe because they are contained and sandboxed to prevent system compromise. They operate at various confinement levels, which refer to how isolated they are from one another and the base system. More significantly, each snap has a carefully chosen interface that the designer carefully considered depending on the requirements of the snap in order to enable access to particular system resources outside of its confinement, such as network access, desktop access, and more.

Prerequesites

Any normal user with SUDO privileges or Super user
yum repositories configured with CentOS server.

Steps to install Snap on CentOS server

Step 1: Before installing the Snap on your server, you need to install the extra packages for enterprises linux( EPEL) repsitories

yum install epel-release

Step 2: Install the Snap by executing the below command

yum install snapd

Step 3: Start and enable the snapd socket to start working with snapd

systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

Output-
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/snapd.socket to /usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.socket.

Step 4: Now, you must enter the following to establish a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap in order to enable support for traditional snaps:

ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

Step 5: Now, either set the PATH varialbe using the below command or restart another terminal

echo export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin >> ~/.bashrc

export .bashrc

Step 6: Check the snapd version.

snap version

And this is how you will install the Snap on CentOS server

Prerequesites​

Steps to install Snap on CentOS server​

Prerequesites

Steps to install Snap on CentOS server