Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Fri 17 Feb 2023 at 05:55:03 +0800, winnie hw wrote: > >> Most versions in snapd are newer than apt. such as ruby, >> >> snap install ruby # version 3.2.1, or >> apt install ruby # version 1:3.0~exp1 > > I cannot better the existing very informative replies. > It comes down to what you want to achieve.
Seconded. Specifically in the case of programming languages it may make sense to install a current version and they sometimes provide a convenient way to install from source. Personally I've used Rustup to install current Rust and pyenv to install current Python. Haven't used snaps for a short trial with Firefox but since it didn't work I dumped it. Pyenv especially is pretty neat since it makes easy to install and run different versions of Python. I do wonder about those versions though. Ruby version 1:3.0~exp1??? Doesn't seem to be the current version for any Debian.
