On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:45 AM Jamon Camisso via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 4/20/19 7:20 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
the issue of having directories that I am unable to remove even using rm -r but there is a very long and definitely not simple technique whereby maybe I will be able to purge my server of said mess.
Will apt-get remove snapd not do the trick? Also I'm curious what data you're trying to remove. Any data for snapped packages that I've needed to manipulate lives in /var/snap/ and is just plain old data.
Otherwise are you having issues with snaps themselves in /snap ? 'snap remove' is all I've ever needed there.
That was the sequence that I used. First snap remove lxd and then apt remove snapd and apt purge snapd. Looking at the directories there still were files remaining (machine isn't available right now or I'd give you the directories). I tried to use rm -r to remove the directories - - - no dice - - - - wasn't able to remove the directories. I inquired and was given a 7 or 8 step process that would be needed to remove all of the installed directories. To me this escalated the understanding that I wasn't in control of my system. Some other entity was going to tell me how I was to run my computer. As I was wanting to use the system for process control and information storage - - - well - - - that just isn't acceptable to me that the system would shut itself down because of installed software demanding updates. Regards