You can check the reverse dependencies of the snapd
-package:
$ apt rdepends snapd | grep "Depends"
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
Reverse Depends:
Depends: snap-confine (= 2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1)
Depends: ubuntu-snappy-cli
Depends: ubuntu-snappy
Depends: ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Depends: ubuntu-core-launcher (= 2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1)
Depends: snapd-xdg-open (= 2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1)
Depends: snap-confine (= 2.55.3+22.04)
Depends: plasma-discover-backend-snap
Depends: gnome-software-plugin-snap
Depends: ubuntu-image
Depends: livecd-rootfs (>= 2.39)
Depends: ubuntu-snappy-cli
Depends: ubuntu-snappy
Depends: ubuntu-core-snapd-units
Depends: ubuntu-core-launcher (= 2.55.3+22.04)
Depends: snapd-xdg-open (= 2.55.3+22.04)
PreDepends: snapcraft
Depends: livecd-rootfs (>= 2.39)
Depends: plasma-discover-backend-snap
Depends: gnome-software-plugin-snap
PreDepends: ember
PreDepends: cyphesis-cpp
PreDepends: chromium-browser
Depends: ubuntu-server-minimal
Depends: ubuntu-image
PreDepends: firefox
We could even shorten the list if we look for PreDepends
:
~$ apt rdepends snapd | grep "PreDepends"
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
PreDepends: snapcraft
PreDepends: ember
PreDepends: cyphesis-cpp
PreDepends: chromium-browser
PreDepends: firefox
This are the transitional packages which install the applications as a snap package. The output may differ depending on the Ubuntu version you use.
apt -s install package-name