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I am deleting all snap apps using the command sudo snap remove --purge "app name" with the end goal of completely removing the snap store. I have been able to remove all apps other than Firefox. I am getting the following error when trying to remove Firefox.

error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Remove data for snap "firefox" (2015) (unlinkat /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell/en_GB.dic: read-only file system).

Would appreciate some guidance

Dan
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RussellDrives
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  • I know a few have posted questions here about how after removing snapd they no longer had a working OS. I would not be touching it. – David Oct 29 '22 at 14:47
  • I do not have a valid reason other than being really new to ubuntu and reading that snaps are slow and there are better alternatives, however I appreciate the advice and will reconsider my decision. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 14:53
  • If you want to remove Firefox this is the command you should have used. sudo snap remove firefox – David Oct 29 '22 at 14:54
  • I tried sudo snap remove firefox and getting the same error as before, which is why I tried sudo snap remove --purge firefox. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 14:58
  • Did you try this solution? – mook765 Oct 29 '22 at 15:06
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    linked posted by @mook765 worked for me. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 15:12
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    "snaps are slow and there are better alternatives" is generally FUD. Some folks who dislike any random thing can be loud and sometimes get outsized attention. Research and the opinions of others can only take you so far. Advice: Try it yourself before judging it or removing it. It's part of Ubuntu for some very good reasons. – user535733 Oct 29 '22 at 16:02

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