The snap system allows the installation of apps into containers in your Linux system. This is very easy to use and allows easy use of a needed app. It is very easy to list which apps are installed this way.
Use the snap list command to list all installed snap apps.
4.4 Wed Jan 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ snap list Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes brave 1.1.23 63 stable brave - communitheme 0.1 1768 stable didrocks - core 16-2.42.5 8268 stable canonical✓ core core18 20191212 1288 stable canonical✓ base gtk-common-themes 0.1-25-gcc83164 1353 stable canonical✓ - notepadqq 1.4.8 855 stable danieleds - zaproxy 2.8.0 4 stable psiinon classic |
Also, you can use the snap list [APPNAME] command to list only a certain app to see if it is installed.
4.4 Wed Jan 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ snap list brave Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes brave 1.1.23 63 stable brave - |
Look for snaps this way, in this example, I am searching for all Doom related snaps.
4.4 Wed Jan 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ snap find doom Name Version Publisher Notes Summary marsshooter latest diddledan - A 2D space shooter with awesome visual effects and attractive physics. boa c2-gzdoom3.3.2 njmcphail - WolfenDoom: Blade of Agony eureka-doom-editor 1.24 beidl - Eureka is a map editor for the classic DOOM games. prboom-plus-beidl 2.5.1.5 beidl - A version of the classic 3D shoot'em'up game Doom gzdoom g4.2.4 rs-bjerg - Doom Source Port keyrunner 1.6.0 keyrunner - A simple block puzzle/maze game chocolate-doom-jdstrand 3.0.0-4+snap5 jdstrand - Chocolate Doom engine |
Keep all of your snaps updated this way, the sudo snap refresh command will take care of this.
4.4 Wed Jan 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo snap refresh 1) All commands run with root privileges are always dangerous. 2) Never run commands on an environment you are not willing to destroy, or able to restore. 3) Do not become root until you know what you are going to do. 4) Be sure of your command and what is going to be affected by it. [sudo] password for jason: gtk-common-themes 0.1-28-g1503258 from Canonical✓ refreshed core18 20200113 from Canonical✓ refreshed |
This is how easy it is to manage your installed snap apps on Ubuntu.