Snap is available for CentOS 8 and CentOS 7, from the 7.5 release onwards. It’s also available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5+
Step 1: Adding EPEL
CentOS 8
sudo dnf install epel-release sudo dnf upgrade
CentOS 7
sudo yum install epel-release
Step 2: Installing snapd
sudo yum install snapd
Example for CentOS 7.9
tutorialspots# sudo yum install snapd
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.mirror.constant.com
* epel: ftp-nyc.osuosl.org
* extras: centos.mirror.constant.com
* remi-safe: mirror.oxilion.nl
* updates: centos.mirror.constant.com
http://yum.mariadb.org/10.0/centos7-amd64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found
Trying other mirror.
To address this issue please refer to the below wiki article
https://wiki.centos.org/yum-errors
If above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please use https://bugs.centos.org/.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package snapd.x86_64 0:2.55.3-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: snap-confine(x86-64) = 2.55.3-1.el7 for package: snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: bash-completion for package: snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: fuse for package: snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: squashfs-tools for package: snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: squashfuse for package: snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package bash-completion.noarch 1:2.1-8.el7 will be installed
---> Package fuse.x86_64 0:2.9.2-11.el7 will be installed
---> Package snap-confine.x86_64 0:2.55.3-1.el7 will be installed
---> Package squashfs-tools.x86_64 0:4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7 will be installed
---> Package squashfuse.x86_64 0:0.1.102-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: squashfuse-libs(x86-64) = 0.1.102-1.el7 for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuse.so.2(FUSE_2.4)(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuse.so.2(FUSE_2.5)(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuse.so.2(FUSE_2.6)(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuse.so.2(FUSE_2.8)(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuse.so.2()(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfuseprivate.so.0()(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libsquashfuse.so.0()(64bit) for package: squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fuse-libs.x86_64 0:2.9.2-11.el7 will be installed
---> Package squashfuse-libs.x86_64 0:0.1.102-1.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository
Size
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Installing:
snapd x86_64 2.55.3-1.el7 epel 16 M
Installing for dependencies:
bash-completion noarch 1:2.1-8.el7 base 87 k
fuse x86_64 2.9.2-11.el7 base 86 k
fuse-libs x86_64 2.9.2-11.el7 base 93 k
snap-confine x86_64 2.55.3-1.el7 epel 3.5 M
squashfs-tools x86_64 4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7 base 101 k
squashfuse x86_64 0.1.102-1.el7 epel 18 k
squashfuse-libs x86_64 0.1.102-1.el7 epel 24 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+7 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 20 M
Installed size: 58 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/8): fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm | 86 kB 00:00
(2/8): bash-completion-2.1-8.el7.noarch.rpm | 87 kB 00:00
(3/8): fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm | 93 kB 00:00
(4/8): snap-confine-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 3.5 MB 00:01
(5/8): squashfs-tools-4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7.x86_64.rpm | 101 kB 00:00
(6/8): snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 16 MB 00:00
(7/8): squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 18 kB 00:00
(8/8): squashfuse-libs-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 24 kB 00:00
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Total 5.3 MB/s | 20 MB 00:03
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : 1:bash-completion-2.1-8.el7.noarch 1/8
Installing : squashfs-tools-4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7.x86_64 2/8
Installing : snap-confine-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64 3/8
Installing : fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64 4/8
Installing : fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64 5/8
Installing : squashfuse-libs-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64 6/8
Installing : squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64 7/8
Installing : snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64 8/8
Verifying : snapd-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64 1/8
Verifying : squashfuse-libs-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64 2/8
Verifying : fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64 3/8
Verifying : fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64 4/8
Verifying : snap-confine-2.55.3-1.el7.x86_64 5/8
Verifying : squashfs-tools-4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7.x86_64 6/8
Verifying : 1:bash-completion-2.1-8.el7.noarch 7/8
Verifying : squashfuse-0.1.102-1.el7.x86_64 8/8
Installed:
snapd.x86_64 0:2.55.3-1.el7
Dependency Installed:
bash-completion.noarch 1:2.1-8.el7
fuse.x86_64 0:2.9.2-11.el7
fuse-libs.x86_64 0:2.9.2-11.el7
snap-confine.x86_64 0:2.55.3-1.el7
squashfs-tools.x86_64 0:4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.el7
squashfuse.x86_64 0:0.1.102-1.el7
squashfuse-libs.x86_64 0:0.1.102-1.el7
Complete!
Step 3: sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
[root@tutorialspots ~]# sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/snapd.socket to /usr/lib/systemd/system/snapd.socket.
Step 4: enable classic snap support
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Step 5:
systemctl enable snapd.seeded.service systemctl start snapd.seeded.service
