Blog posts tagged
"snap packages"

6 posts

Holly Hall
9 June 2023

Release management for snaps made simpler

Article Ubuntu

Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, testing and deploying new versions of software. To make this process simpler for snap developers, we have released a new feature called progressive releases. Continue reading to understand what they are, why they are important and how you can use them in the...

Holly Hall
9 June 2023

Ted Kern
14 December 2019

How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps

Article Internet of Things

The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem, packaging with snaps is as easy as always. Let’s go through a quick example! Prerequisites You’ll need two tools: “snapcraft,” the program that builds snaps, and...

Ted Kern
14 December 2019

Eric Jensen
18 March 2019

The path to Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

At Canonical, helping customers overcome their challenges is what we do every day. In the IoT world, a common challenge we encounter is customers who are interested in transitioning to Ubuntu Core and the snapcraft.io ecosystem, but are unsure how to begin. This post covers the recommended approach. In most cases, it’s...

Eric Jensen
18 March 2019

Sergio Schvezov
17 February 2017

Snapcraft 2.27 has been released

Article Cloud and server

Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release snapcraft 2.27: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.27 Contributions This release has seen some contributions from outside of the snapcraft core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here’s a team thank you for: Colin Watson John Lenton...

Sergio Schvezov
17 February 2017

Guest
9 November 2016

How to use snaps when collecting IoT data with Predix Time Series

Article Internet of Things

This is a guest post by Ilya Drabenia, a Technical Lead at Altoros. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Snaps, designed by Canonical, are intended for packaging applications and their dependencies, along with the instructions for running these applications. In this...

Guest
9 November 2016

Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016

Running snaps in LXD containers

Article Cloud and server

Introduction The LXD and AppArmor teams have been working to support loading AppArmor policies inside LXD containers for a while. This support which finally landed in the latest Ubuntu kernels now makes it possible to install snap packages. Snap packages … Continue reading →

Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016