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Install latest/stable of Core base snap
Ubuntu 16.04 or later?
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Base snaps are a specific type of snap that include libraries and dependencies common to many applications. They provide a consistent and reliable execution environment for the snap packages that use them.
This core base snap additionally includes the snapd binaries, which in later releases are installed separately as the snapd snap. For more details on the snapd snap, see https://snapcraft.io/snapd.
The core base snap provides a runtime environment based on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus).
Other Ubuntu environment base snaps include:
Using a base snap
Base snaps are installed automatically when a snap package requires them. Only one of each type of base snap is ever installed.
Manually removing a base snap may affect the stability of your system.
Building snaps with core
Snap developers can use this base in their own snaps by adding the following to the snap's snapcraft.yaml:
base: core
Additional Information*
For more details, and guidance on using base snaps, see our documentation: https://snapcraft.io/docs/base-snaps
Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the installing snapd documentation.
