Continuing my newbie's guide of Snap and parallel installs, now, how do we install Snaps from the .snap files only? Can they be installed without internet access? The answer is yes, you can once you actually have the .snap files. You can install the same Snap files on different distros (Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Solus, and other GNU/Linux distros) which have Snap support already. Yes, you can do it even without internet access. But for the parallel installs we need a little addition to the command lines. It is very easy to do. Read on and happy sharing!

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This feature is called 'Parallel Installs' by Snap developers: you can install multiple versions of a software. The result is you can run different versions simultaneously (e.g. for reviewing or comparing purpose). It is supported since snapd 2.36. For any GNU/Linux users you just need to update your snapd to 2.36 or later in order to enjoy this awesome feature. For that purpose, we will try to install two versions of Inkscape on Ubuntu on LiveCD. I will use 0.92.4 and 1.0alpha, the most recent ones today. This example can be used for other programs as well. Enjoy!

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