This snap allows to run a "classic" ubuntu environment on a Snappy
system. This means that the traditional package management tools like
apt and dpkg are available in this environment. It also means that
tools like gdb, tcpdump, strace and valgrind (to name a few)
are just a simple apt install strace away.
Run the following commands on an all-snap image:
$ sudo snap install --beta --devmode classic
$ sudo classic
...
(classic)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo apt update
(classic)ubuntu@localhost:~$ exit
$
The environment is very lightweight and full hardware and network access is possible.
Daemons are not started in the classic dimension and all running background binaries will exit when the classic dimension is closed.
We also plan to have a generic snap shell feature, once that lands
sudo classic will be replaced with snap shell classic.
This branch is automatically mirrored into the https://launchpad.net/classic-snap project to the https://code.launchpad.net/~snappy-dev/classic-snap/+git/classic-snap/+ref/master tree.
Automatic snap builds and uploads to the edge channel happen for every commit in the master branch at https://code.launchpad.net/~snappy-dev/+snap/classic
If you made a commit, please test the resulting snap package from edge and make sure it gets promoted to the beta channel after a successful test run.