Hi,
I’ve noticed something I did not expect when removing some snap, gimp and audacity these times.
It seems removing a snap also deletes its user’s configuration.
When re-installing, they’re like brand new meaning that I don’t find back gimp or audacity with the preferences I had previously set.
I really did not expect that, as I’m used to APT/.deb packaging where user’s configuration stay in ~/ even after uninstalling an app.
Is this intended behavior for snap ?
Should I have done something to « save » those preferences ?
If it’s intended may snap have the politeness to offer users the ability to save ( or not ) their preferences before actually removing. Or at least an informative warning.
Or is something broken or unset on my system ?
I’m nowadays using Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 but encountered this issue first on 19.10.
django@ASGARD:~$ dpkg -l | grep snap
(…)
ii gir1.2-snapd-1:amd64 1.57-0ubuntu3 amd64 Typelib file for libsnapd-glib1
ii gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.36.0-0ubuntu3 amd64 Snap support for GNOME Software
ii libsnapd-glib1:amd64 1.57-0ubuntu3 amd64 GLib snapd library
ii libsnappy1v5:amd64 1.1.8-1build1 amd64 fast compression/decompression library
ii snapd 2.44.3+20.04 amd64 Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
django@ASGARD:~$
and few snaps installed
django@ASGARD:~$ snap list
Nom Version Révision Suivi Éditeur Notes
adapta-gtk-snap 0.2 10 latest/stable kd913 -
chromium 83.0.4103.61 1165 latest/stable canonical✓ -
core 16-2.44.3 9066 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20200427 1754 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gimp 2.10.18 273 latest/stable snapcrafters -
gnome-3-28-1804 3.28.0-16-g27c9498.27c9498 116 latest/stable canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-36-gc75f853 1506 latest/stable canonical✓ -
gtk2-common-themes 0.1 9 latest/stable canonical✓ -
ubuntu-budgie-welcome 0.12.6 206 latest/stable/… ubuntubudgie classic
django@ASGARD:~$
Here is what remains after removing audacity-snap :