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My pi2 is installed with ubuntu-15.04-snappy-armhf-rpi2.img.gz, I want to install git in it but failed, here is info:

(RaspberryPi2)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo snappy install git
Installing git
git failed to install: snappy package not found

And because apt-get is not supported in ubuntu core, so I can not use it.

(RaspberryPi2)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install git
Ubuntu Core does not use apt-get, see 'snappy --help'!
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    have you tried git-core instead of git?
    – Mauker
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 4:55
  • git-core does not help :(
    – Liao Zhuodi
    Commented Aug 4, 2016 at 15:30

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If you want to install git on Ubuntu Core you'll need to install it using apt. You can install classic in order to get it.

snap install classic --edge --devmode
sudo classic
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

Unfortunately, with this solution, anytime you want to run git you will need to first run sudo classic

Source

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I have not used Ubuntu Snappy, and that they decided to name the package manager snappy makes me cringe and want to throttle someone because of all the confusion that is bound to ensue in internet searches, etc. This one is even more dunder-headed than the Raspberry Pi Foundation's choice of model names.

But it still did not take to long to find this page, which indicates that snappy (the package manager) does have a search function:

snappy search git

Should show you all the packages with 'git' in their name. I bet snappy even has a man page (which, thanks to the name, I could not find). Try man snappy and see. If not, there is the already recommended to you snappy --help.

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  • Except that snappy search git prints: Name Version Summary odroidc.longsleep 0.5 odroidc-community beagle.gumstix 0.1 beagle duovero.gumstix 0.1 duovero pepper.gumstix 0.1 pepper overo.gumstix 0.1 overo panda.gumstix 0.1 panda which doesn't help much. At least not in installing git.
    – Juha Autero
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 16:46
  • @JuhaAutero I didn't say you could install git via snappy. I posted this answer because this is the first thing I would try, and in lieu of someone who actually uses Snappy and has actually installed git on it posting an answer, it is better than nothing. If you do get this done, please do post an answer. Unfortunately (or, for better sometimes and worse others), the way the site mechanisms work probably make it impossible for you to post comments until you have rep score of 50. You can post a question, if you have one.
    – goldilocks ♦
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 17:22
  • It is strange that git isn't in the repo, but OTOH, considering Snappy appears to be intended for production embedded systems with a read-only environment, it also makes a certain kind of sense. You could install it from source, but at that point I would consider instead switching to a more normative ubuntu, since this could be a clue that there will be an long chain of such missing fundamental development tools.
    – goldilocks ♦
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 17:27

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