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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    # Ditch snap on kubuntu - including the bs ubuntu does

    # Run on a new systems without downloading by
    # `$ wget -O - https://gist.github.com/tomdavidson/33b42eb24a23adff47b7afe4387f8cf5/raw/0e7e298f519e894790c8b46d667b0210033f0c11/no-snap.sh | bash`
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    # Run on a new systems without downloading by
    # `$bash <(curl -Ls https://gist.github.com/tomdavidson/33b42eb24a23adff47b7afe4387f8cf5/raw/0e7e298f519e894790c8b46d667b0210033f0c11/no-snap.sh)`
    # `$ wget -O - https://gist.github.com/tomdavidson/33b42eb24a23adff47b7afe4387f8cf5/raw/0e7e298f519e894790c8b46d667b0210033f0c11/no-snap.sh | bash`


    sudo systemctl disable snapd
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    # Run on a new systems without downloading by
    # `$bash <(curl -Ls )
    # `$bash <(curl -Ls https://gist.github.com/tomdavidson/33b42eb24a23adff47b7afe4387f8cf5/raw/0e7e298f519e894790c8b46d667b0210033f0c11/no-snap.sh)`


    sudo systemctl disable snapd
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash


    # Run on a new systems without downloading by
    # `$bash <(curl -Ls )


    sudo systemctl disable snapd
    sudo systemctl disable snapd.service
    sudo systemctl disable snapd.socket
    sudo systemctl disable snapd.seeded.service

    # cant figure out how to get the snap removeal to unmount tis read only drive.
    sudo apt remove -y --purge firefox
    sudo umount /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell

    # brutish but snap does not seem to make this easy when snaps depend on each other.
    while [ -n "$(snap list | awk '!/^Name/ {print $1}')" ]
    do
    SNAPS=( $(snap list | awk '!/^Name/ {print $1}') )
    for s in "${SNAPS[@]}"
    do
    sudo snap disable "$s"
    sudo snap remove --purge "$s"
    done
    done;

    sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/snapd.mounts.target.wants
    sudo apt remove --purge -y snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap plasma-discover-backend-snap
    sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/ /var/snap/


    sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snapd > /dev/null << ENDOFFILE
    Package: snapd
    Pin: release *
    Pin-Priority: -10
    ENDOFFILE

    sudo apt update -y
    sudo apt install -y plasma-discover plasma-discover-backend-flatpak plasma-discover-backend-fwupd
    sudo apt autoremove -y

    # Installing the ff replacement is really part of going snap-free so just include it hear before
    # anything else tries to install ff.

    sudo apt purge -y firefox

    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:mozillateam/ppa

    sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-snap-firefox > /dev/null << ENDOFFILE
    Package: firefox*
    Pin: release o=Ubuntu*
    Pin-Priority: -10
    Package: firefox*
    Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
    Pin-Priority: 501
    ENDOFFILE

    sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-firefox > /dev/null << ENDOFFILE
    Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "LP-PPA-mozillateam:${distro_codename}";
    ENDOFFILE

    sudo apt update -y
    sudo apt install -y -t 'o=LP-PPA-mozillateam' firefox