Installing snap on Arch Linux

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR).

The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si

Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:

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

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

To test your system, install the hello-world snap and make sure it runs correctly:

$ sudo snap install hello-world
hello-world 6.3 from Canonical✓ installed
$ hello-world
Hello World!

Snap is now installed and ready to go! If you’re using a desktop, a great next step is to install the Snap Store app.

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Hi,

I have tried to follow the manual AS IS, but noticed this error repository 'https://github.com/rumpelsepp/snap.git/' not found:

[myuser@alarm snap]$ makepkg -si
==> Making package: snap 0.3.2-1 (Mon Jan 29 07:51:16 2024)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Cloning snap git repo...
Cloning into bare repository '/home/myuser/snap/snap'...
Username for 'https://github.com': myuser
Password for 'https://myuser@github.com': 
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/rumpelsepp/snap.git/' not found
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading snap git repo
    Aborting...
[myuser@alarm snap]$ 

P.S. GitHub requests credentials hoping the repo is private, but it is very confusing UX for the enduser, as I didn’t expect my GH credentials to build snapd :smiley: