diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index 6ddf4aa..6e50ce5 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@
     NEEDED_PACKAGES="$1"
     echo -e "Checking required packages: ${NEEDED_PACKAGES}"
     for PACKAGE in ${NEEDED_PACKAGES} ; do
-        dpkg -L ${PACKAGE} &>/dev/null
+        dpkg -L ${PACKAGE}
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo -e "Package ${PACKAGE} is not installed. Updating apt"
+            echo -e "Package ${PACKAGE} is not installed."
+            echo -e "Updating apt-cache ..."
             sudo apt-get update
+            echo -e "Installing ${PACKAGE} ..."
             sudo apt-get install -y ${PACKAGE} || FATAL "failed to install ${PACKAGE}"
         fi
     done
@@ -659,7 +661,6 @@
 
     # if no host is passed in, we need to install lxd/juju, unless explicilty asked not to
     if [ -z "$OSM_VCA_HOST" ] && [ -z "$INSTALL_NOLXD" ] && [ -z "$LXD_CLOUD_FILE" ]; then
-        check_packages "snapd"
         install_lxd
     fi
 
@@ -1154,7 +1155,7 @@
 # if develop, we force master
 [ -z "$COMMIT_ID" ] && [ -n "$DEVELOP" ] && COMMIT_ID="master"
 
-check_packages "git wget curl tar"
+check_packages "git wget curl tar snapd"
 
 sudo snap install jq
 if [ -z "$OSM_DEVOPS" ]; then