Removing snap apps and snapd frees lot of space on HDD => + 10 GB of free space. Also it eliminates lot's of annoying mount points listed in Krusader => Ctrl+M.
snap list
sudo snap remove --purge firefox // and other applications
sudo snap remove --purge snapd
sudo apt autoremove snapd
sudo apt purge snapd // final step!!!
sudo rm -rf ~/snap /snap /var/snap /var/lib/snapd // remove associated folders
sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref
# To prevent repository packages from triggering the installation of snap,
# this file forbids snapd from being installed by APT.
Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -32768
Package: snapd
Pin: origin *
Pin-Priority: -32768
sudo apt update
apt-cache policy snapd
snapd:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
sudo apt-mark hold snapd // prevent update of already installed package
https://linuxhint.com/turn-off-snap-ubuntu/
https://hackaday.com/2020/06/24/whats-the-deal-with-snap-packages/
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