I had initially created a couple of directories in /home, which got filled with the content of previously successful work dirs. Consequently, enabling me to try/test/adapt one, and continue on; moving quickly... I settled on one, left the softlink coupled to the chosen dir, and since have installed all manners of working application/drivers/etc from the 'Ux Repository' via Synaptic, to date; including Firefox & Chrome. Today, I found it necessary to install another valued browser (Chromium), only to end up with error message result indicated below. One can also note that every other install was able to set up, and leave it's config stuff in it's ~/.config dir. Thus, I find it frustrating to note that there does not exist a ~/.config/[cC]hromium[-browser] directory there, as well? Moreover, Chromium also should not need fail in such a manner, as the dir that it claims to have trouble creating, already exists, and is usable? So, is there an existing modification/code addition that I might be able to apply, to enable proper execution with this described setup; other than creating a 'odoncaoaB' user, and su'ing to it in order to make use of Chromium every time hereafter? Cheers odoncaoa
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 13:49
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[27]$ **chromium-browser**
2020/06/09 13:50:33.298865 cmd_run.go:563: WARNING: XAUTHORITY environment value is not a clean path: "/home/odoncaoaB/.Xauthority"
cannot create user data directory: /home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium/1182: Not a directory
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 14:06
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[41]$ **cd ..; ll**
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 12 14:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 28 22:01 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 5 14:47 odoncaoa -> odoncaoaB
drwxr-xr-x 17 odoncaoa users 4096 Mar 5 14:46 odoncaoa_
drwxr-xr-x 39 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Jun 9 13:12 odoncaoaB
drwxrwxr-x 2 u0_a239 u0_a239 4096 Apr 12 14:48 u0_a239
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 15:21
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[41]$ **l .config**
./ deluge/ google-chrome/ mpv/ user-dirs.dirs
../ enchant/ gtk-2.0/ nemo/ user-dirs.locale
atril/ epiphany/ gtk-3.0/ obs-studio/ vlc/
autostart/ filemanager-actions/ ibus/ pcmanfm/ xfce4/
celluloid/ FreeFileSync/ libfm/ pulse/ yelp/
cinnamon-layout/ gedit/ libreoffice/ QtProject.conf
cinnamon-session/ GIMP/ lxterminal/ rtorrent/
'Code Industry'/ gmpc/ menus/ streamtuner2/
dconf/ goa-1.0/ mimeapps.list update-notifier/
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 14:02
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[36]$ **grep odoncaoa /etc/passwd**
odoncaoa:x:1000:100:Douglas Randall:/home/odoncaoa:/bin/bash
home/odoncaoaB 2020-06-09 16:08
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[49]$ **grep users /etc/group**
users:x:100:odoncaoa
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 14:25
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[49]$ **which chromium-browser**
/usr/bin/chromium-browser
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 14:26
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[50]$ **file /usr/bin/chromium-browser**
/usr/bin/chromium-browser: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 14:05
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[39]$ **set | grep 'odoncaoa'**
HOME=/home/odoncaoa
XAUTHORITY=/home/odoncaoa/.Xauthority
home/odoncaoaB 2020-06-09 16:24
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[52]$ **cat .Xauthority | od -c**
0000000 001 \0 \0 \n t u f F X 7 0 5 d u \0 001
0000020 0 \0 022 M I T - M A G I C - C O O
0000040 K I E - 1 \0 020 326 257 220 035 035 277 e 016 \a
0000060 275 336 / 221 321 035 8
0000067
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 13:52
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[40]$ **find $HOME/snap -print**
/home/odoncaoa/snap
/home/odoncaoa/snap/gnome-system-monitor
/home/odoncaoa/snap/gnome-system-monitor/current
/home/odoncaoa/snap/gnome-system-monitor/common
/home/odoncaoa/snap/gnome-system-monitor/127
/home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium
/home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium/current
/home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium/common
/home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium/1182
/home/odoncaoa/snap/chromium/1165
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 15:20
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[39]$ **ll snap/ch***
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Jun 9 12:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Mar 20 13:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Mar 20 13:31 1165
drwxr-xr-x 2 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Mar 20 13:31 1182
drwxr-xr-x 2 odoncaoa odoncaoa 4096 Mar 20 13:31 common
lrwxrwxrwx 1 odoncaoa users 4 Jun 9 12:57 current -> 1182
/home 2020-06-09 14:08
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[41]$ **set | grep 'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR'**
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
/home 2020-06-09 14:16
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[44]$ **ll /run/user**
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 9 13:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 35 root root 1000 Jun 9 13:19 ..
drwx------ 11 odoncaoa users 360 Jun 9 13:19 1000
/home/odoncaoaB 2020-06-09 16:24
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[53]$ **l /run/user/1000**
./ dbus-1/ gvfs/ keyring/ .portals-unavailable speech-dispatcher/
../ dconf/ ICEauthority pcmanfm-socket--0= pulse/ systemd/
bus= gnupg/ inaccessible/ pk-debconf-socket= snapd-session-agent.socket= update-notifier.pid
/home 2020-06-09 14:16
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[46]$ **ll /run/user/1000**
total 4
drwx------ 11 odoncaoa users 360 Jun 9 13:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Jun 9 13:12 ..
srw-rw-rw- 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:12 bus
drwx------ 3 odoncaoa users 60 Jun 9 13:12 dbus-1
drwx------ 2 odoncaoa users 60 Jun 9 13:12 dconf
drwx------ 2 odoncaoa users 140 Jun 9 13:12 gnupg
dr-x------ 2 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:12 gvfs
-rw------- 1 odoncaoa users 334 Jun 9 13:12 ICEauthority
d--------- 3 odoncaoa users 160 Jun 9 13:12 inaccessible
drwx------ 2 odoncaoa users 100 Jun 9 13:12 keyring
srwxr-xr-x 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:12 pcmanfm-socket--0
srw-rw-rw- 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:12 pk-debconf-socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:19 .portals-unavailable
drwx------ 2 odoncaoa users 80 Jun 9 13:12 pulse
srw-rw-rw- 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:12 snapd-session-agent.socket
drwx------ 4 odoncaoa users 100 Jun 9 13:12 speech-dispatcher
drwxr-xr-x 4 odoncaoa users 120 Jun 9 13:12 systemd
-rw------- 1 odoncaoa users 0 Jun 9 13:13 update-notifier.pid
/home/odoncaoa 2020-06-09 15:16
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[35]$ **ll Desktop/chr* /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop**
-rwxr--r-- 1 odoncaoa users 12478 Jun 9 15:14 Desktop/chromium-browser.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 odoncaoa odoncaoa 12933 Mar 5 18:52 Desktop/chromium_chromium.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12478 Oct 22 2019 /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
/home/odoncaoaB 2020-06-09 16:53
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[57]$ **cd /snap**
/snap 2020-06-09 16:53
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[58]$ **l**
./ ../ bin/ chromium/ core18/ gtk-common-themes/ README snapd/
/snap 2020-06-09 16:53
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[59]$ **ll**
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 5 18:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 28 22:01 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 8 09:57 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 8 09:57 chromium
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 30 12:33 core18
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 21 15:05 gtk-common-themes
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 548 Mar 5 13:46 README
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 3 14:11 snapd
/snap 2020-06-09 16:53
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[60]$ **l bin**
./ ../ chromium@ chromium.chromedriver@
/snap 2020-06-09 16:54
odoncaoa@tufFX705du[61]$ **l s*d**
./ ../ 7264/ 7777/ current@