I am following the instructions here to install VSCode, but I get an error on the very first line. It is written at snapcraft that "If you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) and Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go."
error: cannot communicate with server: Post http://localhost/v2/snaps/code: dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory
When I try to ping snap with the command "systemctl status snapd.service", I get
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
When I try to check the snap version with "snap version", nothing happens. In fact, that was a lie, for the result is even worse than nothing happening. Ubuntu moves onto the next line, you cannot type any more commands, and I have to press ctrl-C to get out of a silent but deadly infinite loop.
Every time I try to install a line editor, it fails. I couldn't get gedit to work and I couldn't get emacs to work. Ubuntu is quickly becoming a pain to work with, and I'd appreciate if someone could tell me where I'm going wrong in trying to install VSCode.
OS: Windows 10
Ubuntu version: 20.04.1
