Unless that Mint version is particularly old, the OS should already have snap shipped by default.
Can you run snap --version and write here what you get, if anything? Also, if this command returns nothing, please paste here the output of less /etc/os-release. This should return what Ubuntu version your system is running.
I never used Mint but if it is using apt, then it has to be able to find snapd unless I’m missing something. Have you confirmed you have the options ticked to accept software from given ppas?
I don’t know where these are in Mint but in Ubuntu it’s under Software Sources in the Software & Updates settings menu.
I recently noticed some colleagues were having issues installing software in a container right after installing because they weren’t updating first. This is a long shot but if that’s a brand new installation, updating first is always important. Nevertheless, sudo apt update can return important errors. Can you ensure this command gives no errors?
Sorry if these sound very basic but I don’t know how well accustomed to Linux you are so I have to try everything
Here’s what the folks in the Linux Mint forum have to say:
well - - LMDE doesn’t support PPAs . .
so, you can’t install those,
and the program snapd is not in Package Manager AKA synaptic.
So, I guess I won’t be able to install the Snapcraft version of Skype with Linux Mint Debian Edition… Thanks for your help, though.
I was able to install Skype on a PC that runs Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian. The only OS where the microphone works is in Ubuntu. I am creating a separate topic for that in the hope that somebody can help me out.
aha, well, this is it then, jessie is definitely too old (it had its initial release in 2015, snapd was only ported to other distros starting in early 2016)
For what it’s worth, Debian 8 (Jessie) hasn’t been Stable since June 2017 when Debian 9 (stretch) superseded it. Jessie is “oldstable”, meaning it’s only getting security updates, and will stop getting even those in 3 months’ time, when it’ll’ve been oldstable for a whole year.