I get Gdal and java error every time Snap is opened.

Its error message
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: org.gdal.gdalconst.gdalconstJNI.GDT_Unknown_get()I
at org.gdal.gdalconst.gdalconstJNI.GDT_Unknown_get(Native Method)
at org.gdal.gdalconst.gdalconstConstants.(gdalconstConstants.java:12)
at org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.GDALUtils.(GDALUtils.java:32)
at org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.activator.GDALDistributionInstaller.install(GDALDistributionInstaller.java:74)
at org.esa.s2tbx.dataio.gdal.activator.GDALPlugInActivator.start(GDALPlugInActivator.java:22)
at org.esa.snap.runtime.Engine.informActivators(Engine.java:222)
at org.esa.snap.runtime.Engine.lambda$start$0(Engine.java:121)
at org.esa.snap.runtime.Engine.runClientCode(Engine.java:189)
at org.esa.snap.runtime.Engine.start(Engine.java:121)
at org.esa.snap.rcp.SnapApp.onStart(SnapApp.java:364)
at org.esa.snap.rcp.SnapApp$StartOp.run(SnapApp.java:500)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1443)
at org.netbeans.modules.openide.util.GlobalLookup.execute(GlobalLookup.java:68)
at org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups.executeWith(Lookups.java:303)
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2058)

Are you using Windows? There have been a few other reports of this error for Windows. In some cases, deleting the %USERPROFILE%/.snap/auxdata/gdal/gdal-2.1.3-win64 folder forces a reinstall of gdal and the error goes away.

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