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I want to uninstall snap from 20.04.1, if I can do so without breaking things. In the answers to this question, @Lorenz and @pat have provided a process for doing so. I have a couple of questions about this process:

On my fresh 20.04.1 install, several snap packages are already installed:

Name               Version             Rev   Tracking         Publisher   Notes
core18             20200929            1932  latest/stable    canonical✓  base
gnome-3-34-1804    0+git.3556cb3       60    latest/stable/…  canonical✓  -
gtk-common-themes  0.1-36-gc75f853     1506  latest/stable/…  canonical✓  -
snap-store         3.36.0-82-g80486d0  481   latest/stable/…  canonical✓  -
snapd              2.47.1              9721  latest/stable    canonical✓  snapd

What happens to these packages if I uninstall snap? Are core18, gnome..., and gtk-common-themes required for other (non-snap) packages to run?

If they are needed, will they still receive updates after I uninstall snap? If they aren't needed, should/can I uninstall them before uninstalling snap?

Braiam
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These packages are only required to run other snaps. Non-snap applications never use them. So if you want to completely get rid of snap, you should uninstall them too.

raj
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