So what's the right way to install curl for Ubuntu users?

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I’m on Ubuntu 24.04 and I am right now installing whonix using the whonix installer for Ubuntu. And I noticed this message during the installation in terminal

 Caution: You are using the Snap version of curl.
    Due to Snap's sandbox nature, this version has some limitations.
    For example, it may not be able to access hidden folders in your home directory
    or other restricted areas of the os.

    Which means you may encounter errors when using snap curl to download and execute some script.
    For those cases, you might want to use the native curl package.
    For details, see: https://github.com/boukendesho/curl-snap/issues/1
    
    To stop seeing this message, run the following command:
    $ curl.snap-acked

So listen I’m the one who created this Whonix tutorial for Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/1550871/how-do-i-install-whonix-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts

And in that tutorial I say to install curl you simply enter command

sudo apt install curl

Isn’t that correct? I mean if you’re on Ubuntu 24.04 isn’t that the right way to do it?

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That is the right way to do it, yes. Maybe at some point you accidentally used sudo snap install curl, or maybe Ubuntu itself or some other application pulled in the curl Snap?

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No that is definitely the way I would have installed curl. When I get a chance I’ll consult Grok and find out exactly if I have installed curl Snap on my computer or not.

Hey in this thread Whonix 18 has a few bugs I'd like to report I made a new edit to my original post so can you take a look at it please? I do appreciate your help.

I’m curious, so are you a Whonix developer?