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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.

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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