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Do snaps and the snapd daemon require systemd? I am running Devuan right now, and wonder about the labor required to install applications from snaps. The snapcraft home page is content-free when it comes to discussing the subject.

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Searching for the package with apt-cache shows that it is not available for installation, and it can be found on the list of banned packages. It is banned for requiring systemd to function.

Snaps work across Linux on any distribution or version. - https://snapcraft.io (11 Sept 2019)

The claim is not true.

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  • An efficient solution providing a definitive answer! Thank you kindly, sir! – K7AAY Sep 11 '19 at 20:03
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    Curiously, the one snap I tried with systemd-shim didn't work but it actually launched and its failure mode suggested systemd-shim was not to blame. (It spazzed-out trying to access stuff in my home dir that did not exist.) – Joshua Sep 12 '19 at 01:57
  • I have just learned that Homebrew is available for Linux. On Linux, Homebrew would work something like snaps, installing software in a user's home directory without involving the root account. https://brew.sh – Christopher Oct 31 '20 at 13:32