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On my ubuntu server, I won't install snapd. But without snapd, I cannot install canonical-livepatch. Is there a potentially inofficial version of livepatch as traditional .deb file, for install using dpkg or apt-get, or a conversion script which can create such a .deb file from the given snap?

Daniel Alder
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  • Canonical wants to migrate from traditional packages to snaps (gives sandboxes). Any particular reason you won't install snapd? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Feb 19 '21 at 01:14
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    Mainly security concerns. And the fact that all these snap layers are hard to control. snap is the wrong technology. If I want a modular system I use ranger os. my opinion,.. – Daniel Alder Feb 19 '21 at 09:32
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    And also: ubuntu started as a debian derivate, and the main point of debian is its stable and lightweight package management. there is absolutely no reason to replace the core technology behind a distribution by something which is not even stable yet – Daniel Alder Feb 19 '21 at 09:54
  • @alder then switch to Debian. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Feb 19 '21 at 10:06
  • this doesn't bring me live-patch – Daniel Alder Feb 19 '21 at 11:48
  • Then just use ubuntu like they want you to. Much less pain down that path – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Feb 19 '21 at 17:44
  • @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen From your first message you were off topic and you are still. Keep your comments for yourself as long you can't answer the question – Daniel Alder Feb 20 '21 at 18:11
  • First of all, asking why you want to do something which is clearly not how Canonical intend it to be used (explained with "I won't") is not off-topic, that is getting valuable information (for instance is this an X-Y problem?). Secondly saying that you should use it the way Canonical intend it to be used (because doing so will give you fewer problems down the line in my experience) is answering the question, just not an answer you like to hear. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Feb 21 '21 at 00:10
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    No. it is an answer which doesn't fit the requirements and btw between the lines I already showed that I know this possible answer, so there isn't even any new information. It's nothing wrong with asking for my motivation. but there's something wrong with not accepting the provided answer ;) – Daniel Alder Feb 21 '21 at 01:19

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No. Canonical Livepatch is only (currently) distributed as a snap. You could find some other way to unpack the snap and install the binaries manually, but I doubt you'd get support for that from Canonical.

popey
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  • support is secondary. I can't expect much as a non-paying individual anyway – Daniel Alder Feb 19 '21 at 09:37
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    The snap doesn't contain a lot, and can easily be unpacked with unsquashfs, but I don't know if it works when re-packed. Something to play with I guess. – popey Feb 19 '21 at 15:13