Snapcraft plugins

Plugins are used by the snapcraft command to build a snap from parts defined within snapcraft.yaml.

Commonly used plugins include Python, Go, Java, cmake and autotools, and these help when working with projects written in a specific language or with a specific set of build tools.

These, and many other plugins, are included with Snapcraft, all of which can be listed with the following command:

$ snapcraft list-plugins
Displaying plugins available for 'core20'
autotools  cmake  dump  go  make  meson  nil  npm  python  rust

With Snapcraft 4.0, if the working directory contains a Snapcraft project, the default behaviour is to show only the plugins available for either its specified base or the latest available supported base (currently core20).

To list plugins specific to a defined base, run the following command:

$ snapcraft list-plugins --base core18
Displaying plugins available for 'core18'
ant           cmake    dotnet   godeps  make   nodejs             ruby 
autotools     colcon   dump     gradle  maven  plainbox-provider  rust 
catkin        conda    flutter  kbuild  meson  python             scons
catkin-tools  crystal  go       kernel  nil    qmake              waf
           

Further information about any specific plugin can be obtained by typing snapcraft help followed by the plugin name:

$ snapcraft help python

With Snapcraft 4.0, the help command is also base aware. To get help for a plugin targeting a specific base, run:

$ snapcraft help python --base core18

For further details on specific plugins, see Supported plugins, and to create your own, see Writing local plugins.

Last updated 3 years ago.