How can I proceed if it is impossible to delete a (snap) readonly directory?

Question

I want to execute a similar command to the following command from this post

sudo rmdir /usr/share/ghostscript/9.25/iccprofiles

The actual command is

sudo rmdir /snap/gimp/367/usr/share/ghostscript/9.50/iccprofiles

When I execute the following command, I am encountering the following error:

rmdir: failed to remove '/snap/gimp/367/usr/share/ghostscript/9.50/iccprofiles': Read-only file system

How to delete the directory?

From comments, I came to know that I cannot delete the file.

I asked this question inorder to make my printer work. Printer is perfectly fine, but seems there are lot of issues with OS and hence it is behaving randomly. I tried with latest version of Ubuntu as well as Linux mint. So I read this and then this.

Now, I have no clue of how to proceed further. Do I need to report the issue? If yes, I am not expertise in finding the exact reason for issue such as the (wrong) file, (error)line etc.,

You can't delete a file from a snap. As it says, the snaps are read-only filesystems, designed not be modified. — muru, Jun 09 '21 at 02:22
@muru Then is it impossible to work according to post? And how do the users execute it? — hanugm, Jun 09 '21 at 02:34
You can manipulate whole snaps, not components of snaps, with the snap command. Read man snap. — waltinator, Jun 09 '21 at 02:34
@hanugm People who did use it probably had it installed using apt, not as a snap. On the plus side, snaps are easier to update for the devs, so if you file a bug report for the broken file and get it fixed, the update is will reach you quicker. — muru, Jun 09 '21 at 02:44
Does this answer your question? Cannot remove folder in Snap-directory — N0rbert, Jun 09 '21 at 06:23

How can I proceed if it is impossible to delete a (snap) readonly directory?

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