Does anyone know how secure (safe, not malware, spyware, etc.) is
Snaps? Please see below. Certain applications that are not available
for EL but from other distros, particularly Ubuntu, evidently can be
installed via Snaps. Epel is a standard EL repo, but Snaps is not.
Enable snaps on CentOS and install Xournal++
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on
all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update
automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__snapcraft.io_store&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=U_9rXUp841lroS3b1I6BqsdWAC2VbH7OW6jZvmufgR4&s=DNKiGAkXvPku8jga4qvfLCfuCm0yglT90PYysjDbwgs&e= >, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap is available for CentOS 7.6+
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__snapcraft.io_install_xournalpp_centos&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=U_9rXUp841lroS3b1I6BqsdWAC2VbH7OW6jZvmufgR4&s=6aJOdsxXdre3JCaGiI2VHJkrIlrmugEVVJ29rrzzgiQ&e= >, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.6+, from the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__fedoraproject.org_wiki_EPEL&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=U_9rXUp841lroS3b1I6BqsdWAC2VbH7OW6jZvmufgR4&s=d0abLQSs1MMvnuo9AY7kbu0yBXuChcPX0YhPW64_DVE&e= > (EPEL) repository. The EPEL
repository can be added to your system with the following command:
Thanks for any information.
Yasha Karant
