From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2026-02-05, Mike Easter  wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> If I use the LL software manager, to install firefox it goes to the Ub   
   >> repo/s to install Ffx, which Ub package installs the snap/snapd   
   >> ecosystem (in order to) install Ub's firefox.  That's pretty crazy. I   
   >> don't believe that should happen 'that way' without giving permission to   
   >> install the snap/snapd.   
   >   
   > I'm reading that it is possible to configure LL to NOT use snap packages.   
      
   Linux Mint does this out of the box, and has done so for several moons.   
      
   >   
   > Since the default LL does NOT have snap/snapd or any snap apps, it is   
   > not necessary to /remove/ snap, but it IS necessary to prevent Ub   
   > packages from installing snap.  Ub has configured 'all kinds' of   
   > packages to install snap when they are called.   
   >   
   > A blog cites a command rec/ed by LM to block that problem:   
   >   
   > $ sudo cat < Package: snapd   
   > Pin: release a=*   
   > Pin-Priority: -10   
   > EOF   
   >   
   > Then, when the Ub snap-requiring package *tries* to install snapd to   
   > install something like Ffx or chromium, the console reports that some   
   > packages could not be installed (GOOD! and in that configuration   
   > *Snap won’t be able to install itself without our consent.*   
      
   Even better.   
      
   >   
   > That's the way it SHOULD be.   
   >   
      
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