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Issue: banning snapd from being installed by recording

Package: snapd
Pin: origin *
Pin-Priority: -1

into /etc/apt/preferences.d/snapd does not work in 22.04. (Same with Pin: release *, or a few other variations that I've tried.) This works for any other package (!?) and also worked for earlier versions of Ubuntu. What's happening, am I going crazy or have Canonical messed with apt to enforce snapd on us?

Iiro Ullin
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  • it's in a file of course, will correct the original statement as not to cause extra confusion... – Iiro Ullin Apr 26 '22 at 22:58
  • btw, I "solved" the problem by banning apparmor which of course then does not allow for installation of snapd. However the question of why on earth snapd is not bannable remains... – Iiro Ullin Apr 26 '22 at 23:00
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    Maybe it needs to be changed to Pin: release *? https://askubuntu.com/questions/75895/how-to-forbid-a-specific-package-to-be-installed Someone in the comments of the first answer mentioned it. – Terrance Apr 27 '22 at 02:11
  • This morning, an update of a PPA installed deb version of Firefox put me back on the snap version, reinstalling snapd and all!!! So yes, something may be going on here in this respect! – vanadium Apr 27 '22 at 08:32
  • @Terrance tried that too (mentioned above ;)) -- it didn't make any difference – Iiro Ullin Apr 27 '22 at 14:05
  • You probably hit a bug then. I would file it with Canonical since it worked in previous versions. ubuntu-bug apt and file showing how the Pin-Priority is not blocking the installation. – Terrance Apr 27 '22 at 14:09

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