diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index 3515797..2774e0d 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@
 
     # if no host is passed in, we need to install lxd/juju, unless explicilty asked not to
     if [ -z "$OSMLCM_VCA_HOST" ] && [ -z "$INSTALL_NOLXD" ]; then
-        need_packages_lw="lxd"
+        need_packages_lw="lxd snapd"
         echo -e "Checking required packages: $need_packages_lw"
         dpkg -l $need_packages_lw &>/dev/null \
           || ! echo -e "One or several required packages are not installed. Updating apt cache requires root privileges." \
diff --git a/installers/install_osm.sh b/installers/install_osm.sh
index d415b43..2ab11d6 100755
--- a/installers/install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/install_osm.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
   grep "${REPO_CHECK/\[arch=amd64\]/\\[arch=amd64\\]}" /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null 2>&1
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]
   then
+    need_packages_lw="software-properties-common apt-transport-https"
+    echo -e "Checking required packages: $need_packages_lw"
+    dpkg -l $need_packages_lw &>/dev/null \
+      || ! echo -e "One or several required packages are not installed. Updating apt cache requires root privileges." \
+      || sudo apt-get -q update \
+      || ! echo "failed to run apt-get update"
+      || exit 1
+    dpkg -l $need_packages_lw &>/dev/null \
+      || ! echo -e "Installing $need_packages_lw requires root privileges." \
+      || sudo apt-get install -y $need_packages_lw \
+      || ! echo "failed to install $need_packages_lw"
+      || exit 1
     wget -qO - $REPOSITORY_BASE/$RELEASE/OSM%20ETSI%20Release%20Key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
     sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive add-apt-repository -y "$1" && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
     return 0