Find, install and start using Linux applications right away

SNAPS

Installing Snap support

• sudo apt install snapd on Debian based distributions.
• sudo dnf install snapd on Fedora.

On Arch based distributions you need to have Arch User Repository (AUR) enabled here we are using Yet Another Yogurt(YAY) an AUR helper written in Go to help us with the instillation.

• yay -S snapd to install Snap and then use
• sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket for Snap to work.

Finding an application

sudo snap find Application_name to search for an application you can also use Snapcraft app store to search for the application name.

Installing

Use sudo snap install Application_name to install an application.

Uninstalling

You can use snap list to list all the applications if you do not know the name of the application. sudo snap remove Application_name to uninstall the application.

Updating

To update package use sudo snap refresh PACKAGE_NAME.

sudo snap refresh updates all packages.

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Flatpak

Installing Flatpak Support

• sudo pacman -S flatpak for Arch based distributions.
• sudo apt install flatpak for Ubuntu 18.10 and above based distributions.

To add Flathub repository of Flatpak use flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Finding an application

flatpak search Application_name helps in finding the application you can find all Flatpak applications on Flathub home .

Installing

flatpak install flathub Application_name install the application or you can find the command on Flathub application page.

Uninstalling

flatpak uninstall application_name uninstalls specific application.

Updating

flatpak update updates all the applications.

Running

Use flatpak run application_name to run the application.

for complete details about Flatpak look at this itsfoss article .

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APT/Apt-get

Finding an application

sudo apt search Application_name to search for the application.

Installing

sudo apt-get install Application_name to install the package. To install Multiple packages use sudo apt-get install Application_name1 Application_name2.

Uninstalling

• sudo apt-get remove Application_name just removes the package.
• sudo apt-get purge Application_name removes the package and configuration files.

Updating/Upgrading

• sudo apt-get update to update the repositories.
• sudo apt-get upgrade to upgrade.
• sudo apt-get upgrade Application_name to upgrade a specific package.

for complete details about apt/apt-get look at this itsfoss article .

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Pacman and Arch User Repository(AUR)

Finding an application

You can use sudo pacman -Ss Application_name to find the application from the Arch repository. But if you want to search for it in the Arch User Repository(AUR) you can use yay -Ss Application_name.

Installing

• sudo pacman -S Application_name to install from Arch Repository.
• yay -S Application_name to install from AUR.

Uninstalling

sudo pacman -R Application_name to uninstall any application.

Updating/Upgrading

• sudo pacman -Syy to update the repositories.
• sudo pacman -Su to upgrade.
• sudo pacman -S Application_name to upgrade a specific application.

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AppImages

"Appimage" is a prepacked piece of software. You don't have to install to use it. Just give the file execution permission and that's it, you can run it by clicking the file.

or you can grant execution permission using 'chmod'

Run chmod a+x Application_path to grant execution permission and

/Application_name to run the application.

dedicated to Insharamin inshaweb.hashnode.dev for inspiring me to restart blogging.