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How do I download snap on artix? The standart arch way doesn't work for me.

Please help me. I'm running openrc Artix on xfce  and I can't download snap.

Re: How do I download snap on artix? The standart arch way doesn't work for me.

Reply #1 –
archlinux have officially no snap support , either artixlinux
wiki how to is here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snap but artixlinux provide no .service  replacement (you need run snapd deamon manually)

you need install "snapd" package from AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/

apparmor is provided for openrc and runit (you need install service too: apparmor-openrc or apparmor-runit). you need properly configure it and run it on boot! -->  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AppArmor

Re: How do I download snap on artix? The standart arch way doesn't work for me.

Reply #2 –
completely personal note:
it amazes me that people install artixlinux because systemd is evil. But they are calmly willing to install a snap (a same evil like systemd). The snap philosophy (the program and all libraries distributed in one package ala Windows) goes against the philosophy of unix/linux (and shared libraries), not to mention the security risk of snap (non-updated libraries).

But it's your choice ;-)

Re: How do I download snap on artix? The standart arch way doesn't work for me.

Reply #3 –
To add to what @alium mentioned, snapcrafts are bloated on size alone with the fact that AUR is better cause packages install native.