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16.04 ubuntu single sign on 'wrong e-mail or password'
Apparantly, one needs an Ubuntu SSO account for installing Snaps in 16.04 through ubuntu software (see this link). That's fine with me, but it keeps telling me that my username or password is wrong ...
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Anbox isn't starting up on my PC at all
I know it's a relatively new and unstable application but I figured if anyone has suffered through the issue and solved it then they can help me
The Problem
when I click on the Anbox icon from gnome ...
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When I try to install vscode, snapd shows error code 400
I've just tried installing vscode from the software center.
Here's what happened:
I was asked to register to Ubuntu One.
I was asked for authentication, in Turkish. This is a new Entroware laptop ...
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Where can Ubuntu snaps write data?
Applications packaged as snaps in Ubuntu are installed (mounted) under the /snap/$SNAPPNAME location. Everything under /snap is mounted as a read-only file system, thus applications cannot write to ...
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Small snap loop devices visible in gnome-disk-utility OR what is the function of snap ubuntu-core
I just realized using gnome-disk-utility (3.18.3.1) that my 16.04 installation is featuring several small loop devices.
In detail:
78 MB Loop Device (/var/lib/snapd/sn_ntu-core_352.snap -> /dev/...
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How to translate a program installed by snap package?
I installed VLC by snap packages in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak. But the installation was done in English (my version of Ubuntu is in Spanish)
Basically the same question has been asked at Snap (...
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What is the Snap packaging format?
I have a very little knowledge about the 'Snap packaging format'. What I know is that 'Snap' is an alternative packaging format like .deb.
What I don't know is
Why did Canonical chose it?
What are ...
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What are the differences between snaps, appimage, flatpak and others?
I have been getting this question lately from students and although I have a lot of information to offer, I have not found a source that I can point people to where they can read an update answer (I ...
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16.10 Cannot sign in to Ubuntu One account from Ubuntu Software
(NOTE: the e-mail in the picture isn't my actual e-mail, I replaced it for demonstrative purposes)
I was trying to install Krita (I believe the snaps package), and Ubuntu Store prompted me to log ...
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Why do snap-packages exist - is there a real need?
Assumptions
Honestly, I do not know much about snap-packages - but this is irrelevant for this question - see below. I assume the system is significantly different from the existing one.
Does the ...
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How do I repackage a .deb for Ubuntu Snappy?
I want to convert some Ubuntu software in .deb, specifically guake, to packages for Ubuntu Snappy*.
According to the documentation on the Ubuntu dev tools,
All metadata lives in meta/package....
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Disable snapd.refresh.service on 16.04 to speed up boot (no snap packages in use)
I run Ubuntu 16.04 but never installed any snap packages, at least not that I would know of any.
Here are my slowest processes at boot:
$ systemd-analyze blame | head
9.057s snapd.refresh....
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How to update all Snap packages
I know that I can update a snap package using
sudo snap refresh <package>
But there is a way to update all snaps, like
sudo apt dist-upgrade
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How do system services work in snaps
When creating a snap, and according to the syntax of the snapcraft.yaml file, the daemon keyword can be added to specify that the app will be run as a system service. As an example of such declaration:...
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snapd package manager problem in ubuntu 16.04 , how to resolve?
After this operation, 33.0 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 329734 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing snapd (2.21~14.04) ...
Failed ...
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Error running Snaps after system update throws 'multiple nvidia drivers detected, this is not supported' error
I have located where the error message originates from it is in https://github.com/snapcore/snap-confine/blob/master/src/mount-support-nvidia.c line number 221. As I have only a single nvidia driver ...
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snap for vscode does not exist?
The media is gushing about the snap package for Visual Studio Code, and how wonderful it is (apparently has a plug in that cures gout ;-). So I thought I'd give it a whirl. I dutifully typed:
$ sudo ...
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How can I change or hide the ~/snap directory?
I'm not particularly fond of apps cluttering my $HOME directory with their own files or directories. It's rarely a problem, because most apps have the courtesy to hide their data by prefixing it with ...
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Is it possible to install the .snap application in an offline computer?
In DEB package, it is not possible to install an application in offline (in a computer which does not have any internet access). Because of the dependencies. In case of .snap, according to the OMG!...
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How do snap applications, snappy security R/W restrictions, and user files work
I understand how snaps are restricted in the R/W access by design - I'm just wondering how this works/what the design plan is as regards user home directories - Eh, shouldn't an application that ...
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How it change language in vlc (snap) [duplicate]
my laptop has Ubuntu 16.10, with Spanish default language. I installed vlc by snap (to have the latest version 3.0). VLC works with the English language, how you can change the language ?, for more I ...
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Why does Ubuntu require us to register an account on Ubuntu website to be able to install a Snap package?
Today I wanted to install a Snap Package on Ubuntu Xenial, but it prompted me to register an account on Ubuntu Single Sign-On.
Why does Ubuntu ask us for such a thing?
Installing a Snap Package:
...
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How do snap packages handle shared dependencies?
The snap packaging format finally frees us from dependency hell by allowing each package to have its own copy of dependencies. I'm interested in the technical details in how it does this. How does it ...
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How do I debug snaps?
I've successfully built a snap that I can install on my system.
However, it crashes upon start, and I'm not quite sure where to start debugging that crash.
What are the different approaches to ...
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What is Snapcraft?
I've been trying snappy Ubuntu core on a Raspberry Pi 2 device, and I've heard I can use Snapcraft to do development on it. Now I hear that snaps are available on the desktop and server for Ubuntu 16....
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Snap packages support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on an Atom Z3735f system.
I'm stuck with 14.04 because I have a custom kernel with patches in order to be able to have audio and WiFi support for this system, so I ...
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How to run a command in a snap package
I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.
I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to ...
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How can I iterate more quickly when creating a snap?
I am working on a snap of a bigger piece of software and building the snap, removing the old one, installing the new one just takes a very long time.
I would like to iterate over creating the snap ...
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Installation fails due to snapd trying to overwrite a package from snap-confine
I'm trying to dual-boot ubuntu with windows. Below a detailed description of all I have done. Skip to 2nd last paragraph if you don't want to read it, pretty basic setup.
I've got windows 10 already ...
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How to crossbuild apps for ubuntu core with snapcraft
I develop an Ubuntu Core app on a x86 system for an arm target with snapcraft.
The snapcraft.yaml contains architectures: [armhf] and snapcraft generated a .armhf.snap file. That seems to be OK.
But ...
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exiftool as dependency for snap app
I am unable to figure out how to add exiftool as dependency to my snap application.
Here is my snapcraft.yaml:
name: phockup
version: '1.2.0'
summary: Photo and video sorting tool
description: |
....
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Mycroft on Desktop. How?
After seeing the news of Mycroft running on my favourite distro spreading over and over and after seeing it in action on a Desktop system, I decided that I want it.
I tried to look for it with snap ...
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snap keepassxc error udev_enumerate_scan failed
I had installed keepassxc via snap, it worked fine but suddenly I get this error when I want to start it:
udev_enumerate_scan failed
thats the only error line, nothing else. I didnt find very much ...
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all snap installed applications failed to launch with error udev_enumerate_scan_failed
So, I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04. I've loaded various software packages, and had everything working. I rebooted this morning and now some of my applications won't launch... I even ...
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hello cannot locate the core snap: No such file or directory
The installation of snaps goes perfectly well, but whenever I try to run a snap after the installation nothing happens (e.g. Notes won't start from the dash). Also non-GUI snaps like hello don't work:
...
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setting a tcl/tk library path inside a snap package
After making and installing a snap package of tcl/tk, tcl complains it cant find init.tcl in a series of libraries. This has been documented many times with windows, python and tkinter, and a virt ...
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Does Xubuntu 16.04 have the ubuntu snap installed?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 beta 2 to 16.04 LTS recently and read How To Install And Remove Snap Packages In Ubuntu 16.04.
But when I run snap list I am getting the following output:
error: no ...
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Sharing resources between snappy packages
Sharing resources
My first example snap build is a java server I developed. I managed to create a snap that contains the jre, my server and the service startup. Everything works fine.
The snap file ...
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Why is snap packages shown in lsblk output?
I recently installed a ubuntu-core snap package.
And this is the output of lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 1 14.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 1 1.9G 0 part [SWAP]
└...
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Do I have to create a new snap package everytime a dependency gets a security update?
If I create a snap package with lets say 5 dependencies. Do I have to create a new package version everytime a dependency gets a (security) update?
I mean the advantage of .deb packages is that in ...
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Will snap packages get differential (delta) updates?
I downloaded and installed LibreOffice 5.2.0 beta2 as described in LibreOffice 5.2.0 beta2 as a snap package. It weighed in at 1015 MiB.
There will certainly be more updates before the RC is out. My ...
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snap install programs not in launcher
Just updated to 16.04 & trying snap packages for first time.
So I needed meshlab to view some stl files. Ran in to issue with p-i-t-n log in. Found that command line install of snap packages does ...
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How does Click/Snappy solve dependency issues?
There is a bit of confusion surrounding click and snappy.
For one, I understand that there are certain packages that are not allowed to be shared due to app-armor. For example, if I write a Qt ...
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docker snap: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?
I added the docker snap package to my Ubuntu 16.04 machine
sudo snap install docker
Now, when I try to use it, I get the following error...
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker ...
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failed to start dockerd after installing docker with snap
I'm running 16.04 (distro=Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS and kernel=4.4.0-45-generic) and installed docker by the docker snap.
snap install docker
and here is my snap list.
# snap list
Name ...
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Snapd package conflicts with xorg packages
I wanted to try snapd on ubuntu 14.04, but there was some dependency problems.
Apparently systemd conflicts with some xorg/mesa drivers I have installed with the HWE packages.
I removed some of them ...
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Inkscape 0.92.0 (snap) fonts problem - Ubuntu 16.10
Inkscape does not see any new installed font.
Installed inkscape 0.92 (snap package)
It works and recognizes all default fonts of Ubuntu 16.10
Installed new font with font manager (Roboto ttf font ...
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How to create snappy nodejs web application
Currently I'm working on IoT project, and we decided to use Beagle Bone Black. Original BBB OS use too much space and RAM so we googled and found Snappy Ubuntu Core as a perfect solution.
Problem is ...
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Snap (snapcraft?) and translated apps [duplicate]
I am using snap for a few packages, like krita or vlc. Everything works just fine but both of the apps are in English, while the rest of my system is in Italian.
Is there the possibility to tell snap ...
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Strange text language in SNAP install via Software Center
After a upgrade to 17.04 I try to install a SNAP from the Ubuntu Software Center and after the login information for my Ubuntu One account it ask me to introduce my local admin password. But the text ...
