Snapcraft

SNAP

Snapcraft is a special jailed development environment.

Install

 sudo apt install snapd

As a side effect of using --devmode the snap will not automatically update. In order to update to a newer version you can run:

$ snap refresh --beta --devmode <<name of software>>

Example SNAP software

vlc

Check this out...

• http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php?title=VideoLAN_Player#via_snap

anbox

I tried to install it one way, and on Mint 18 it failed, so I tired another way... see below...

nicolep@solo ~/tmp $ snap install --classic anbox-installer && anbox-installer
anbox-installer 1 from morphis installed
The anbox-installer is deprecated. Please find updated installation
instructions here https://github.com/anbox/anbox/blob/master/docs/install.md

For any further questions please ask on the #anbox IRC channel on the
FreeNode network or in the Anbox telegram group (https://t.me/anbox).
nicolep@solo ~/tmp $ snap install --devmode --beta anbox
anbox (beta) 4-e1ecd04 from morphis installed

I don't know, maybe that helps you. Try it both ways.