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I am deleting all snap apps using the command sudo snap remove --purge "app name" with the end goal of completely removing the snap store. I have been able to remove all apps other than Firefox. I am getting the following error when trying to remove Firefox.

error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Remove data for snap "firefox" (2015) (unlinkat /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell/en_GB.dic: read-only file system).

Would appreciate some guidance

Dan
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  • I know a few have posted questions here about how after removing snapd they no longer had a working OS. I would not be touching it. – David Oct 29 '22 at 14:47
  • I do not have a valid reason other than being really new to ubuntu and reading that snaps are slow and there are better alternatives, however I appreciate the advice and will reconsider my decision. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 14:53
  • If you want to remove Firefox this is the command you should have used. sudo snap remove firefox – David Oct 29 '22 at 14:54
  • I tried sudo snap remove firefox and getting the same error as before, which is why I tried sudo snap remove --purge firefox. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 14:58
  • Did you try [this solution](https://askubuntu.com/a/1434769/590937)? – mook765 Oct 29 '22 at 15:06
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    linked posted by @mook765 worked for me. – RussellDrives Oct 29 '22 at 15:12
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    "*snaps are slow and there are better alternatives*" is generally FUD. Some folks who dislike any random thing can be loud and sometimes get outsized attention. Research and the opinions of others can only take you so far. Advice: Try it yourself before judging it or removing it. It's part of Ubuntu for some very good reasons. – user535733 Oct 29 '22 at 16:02

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