snapcraft
Internet of Things
Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps
by Kyle Fazzari on 22 March 2017
One of the key tenets of snaps is that they bundle their dependencies. The fact that they’re self-contained helps their transactional-ness: upgrading or...
Internet of Things
This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money, …
by Maarten Ectors on 13 March 2017
The world is becoming software defined and most people don’t realise what this means until software apps and app stores invade their day to day objects like...
Internet of Things
Fresh Snaps from February 2017
by Didier Roche on 9 March 2017
It’s that time of the month! Didier has put together a selection of top ten snaps written in February ranging from blockchain to graphical applications. To...
Internet of Things
MWC17: The future of industrial IoT
by Maarten Ectors on 23 February 2017
The internet of things, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data, robots/drones, blockchain, industry 4.0 and other hype terms are popping up...
Desktop
8 KDE snaps written in January
by didrocks on 9 February 2017
It’s a special this month. Instead of our round-up of desktop snaps, we’re focusing on KDE! 8 KDE snaps written in January have been selected from a...
Internet of Things
Snapcraft 2.26 has been released
by Sergio Schvezov on 3 February 2017
Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of snapcraft has been released: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.26...
Internet of Things
Run scripts during snapcraft builds with “scriptlets”
by David Callé on 2 February 2017
Please note: this blog post is over 5 years old and is out of date. Scriptlets have been superseded by Overrides. If you have snapped an application, or tried...
Desktop
How to snap: introducing classic confinement
by David Callé on 9 January 2017
Last Thursday, January 5, the snapd team was delighted to announce a new release of snapd (2.20), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and...
Desktop
10 desktop snaps written in December
by Amrisha Prashar on 5 January 2017
It’s that time of the month! Evan Dandrea put together a selection of top ten snaps written in December. To recap for those of you that may not know, snaps...
Internet of Things
snapd 2.18: the snap command strikes back
by David Callé on 12 December 2016
Last Thursday, December 8, the snapd team was happy to announce a new release of snapd (2.18), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides...
Internet of Things
Competition: Build a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi
by Amrisha Prashar on 1 December 2016
And our present for you this Christmas is… a competition to create a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3! We’d love to see the entries that are the most...