Questions tagged [snap-store]
Snap Store is a graphical desktop application for discovering, installing and managing snaps on Linux. Use this tag for questions related to Snap Store.
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Opening Unity doesn’t work out
I am new to Linux and wanted to get started in Unity. I have watched many tutorials and I have searched the docs. The problem is, that when I open Unity I always get an other screen than the one in ...
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I can't open snap programs
I am kidna new to ubuntu and I recently updated ubuntu from 22.04 to 22.10 and then to 23.04 before i upgraded it to 23.04 everything worked fine as usual but after upgrading it all the snap progrms ...
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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification?
For days, Software has been nagging me to close snap-store so that it can update itself.
Now that's resolved and it has finally installed various updates, it shows a notification every time I boot up:
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Windows don't stay where you put them?
I would like to know why the windows of the snapstore applications are blocked and always appear in the same place at the top left
And it doesn't matter where I put the window on the screen! I mean ...
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Snap Store never prompts me to enter my password
I installed Snap Store when open the store and click on a software package then click on install it whines 'unable to install xxx:authorization was required'
However, no box ever appears to type the ...
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Ubuntu Software not showing BIOS/System Updates
I usually got notifications of BIOS updates on the Ubuntu Software app (I'm in Ubuntu 20.04).
However, I just realised my BIOS had not been updated for some months while updates were available. The ...
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Snap Store require authentication to install application
Back to Ubuntu after long time away from it, installed latest version 23.04. When I opened snap store gui to install application, snap store showing error message:
Unable to install app: ...
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Why does ubuntu 22.10 open snap store instead of ubuntu software?
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.10 on my Lenovo V580c laptop. Updated deb and snap packages. Then I open the ubuntu-software, and instead it opens the snap-store. How to fix it?
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snap-store and snaps not working ( /home/my_sudo_user/my_regular_user )
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I have two users account. One of them has sudo "permissions" and the other is a regular account.
My regular account was created this way:
$ sudo useradd --home=/home/...
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"Standard Notes" wont launch (on Kubuntu)
I installed Standard Notes on Kubuntu 22.10 but it won't launch. The symbol briefly appears in the task bar but then vanishes again. It worked on a previous installation of Kubuntu 22.10 but I had to ...
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Cannot uninstall "Giara" Application. Installed it via Snap Store. How to force-uninstall it?
Click here to view a detailed explanation of the problem with screen recording.
I installed Giara app from the Snap Store. Now I can't run it, so I obviously want to uninstall it, but I can't do so ...
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Haruna video player (snap) not working - libmsrpc3.so.0 error
I wanted to try the latest Haruna player (0.10.3), but it is not available as apt installation (that is 0.9.3), and after installing the snap version I get this:
env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/...
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Ubuntu software issue [duplicate]
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.10. Ubuntu Software opened normal after the install, but since yesterday when I try to open Ubuntu software a separate Snap-store icon opens in my dock.
Is there a ...
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apparmor denied lots of operation from snap, should I worry?
Lots of dbus_method_call are denied. If they are insecure why snap is doing this. If they are safe why apparmor denies them? Should I worry about this? I donot want to get flooded by DENIED, because ...
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deb.etcher.io error [duplicate]
In Ubuntu 22.04 when I type in sudo apt upgrade, I get the following message:
"The repository 'https://deb.etcher.io stable Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a ...
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Snap applications give segmentation fault error
After about 20 minutes of using the OS, all snap applications will suddenly stop working (including the snap store itself). After closing them, they do not relaunch. Trying to open from terminal gives ...
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Get Ubuntu Software program (snap-store) to refresh catalogue automatically
Lately every time I open the Snap Store, it contains nothing but one editor's choice program and, to refresh the cataloue, it is necessary to open a terminal and run
$ killall snap-store
$ exit
then ...
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How to fix : Unable to install xxxxx: authentication was required
Running 22.04.1 I was running constantly with an issue with the snap-store unable to refrsh, so I followed instructions to kill and refresh the store from the command line.
Since a few days, I can no ...
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"Secure Boot dbx Configuration Update" resulting in error on 2018 Razer Blade 15
I get this error message when clicking update:
Unable to update "Secure Boot dbx Configuration Update": Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying
What do I need to ...
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How to prevent snap-store from automatically starting
Like many of you, I'm getting the annoying notification that there's a pending update of snap-store:
Pending update of "snap-store" snap
Close the app to avoid disruptions (13 days left)
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Snap thinks snap-store directory is not a directory
Running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I try to launch the Software app, but it never comes up. In /var/log/syslog I find: "snap-store_ubuntu-software.desktop[17496]: cannot create user data directory: /home/...
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Snap store and gnome software using a ton of RAM
Snap Store and Gnome-Software use 1.5GB and 1.4GB respectively, is this normal?
If I kill the process and restart, they seem to hover at around ~700MB each, mind you the ~1.5GB is on startup.
Is this ...
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Long running process shutting my PC down
I am using Ubuntu 22.10 on my dell laptop [intel i3, amd64]. First this OS was working fine, but now it is taking so much time to boot-in. When I run sudo dmesg in terminal, it shows this output:
[ ...
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Problems with snap, after freshly reinstalling it ("unable to contact snap store")
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS on my PC and have tried getting to know them, having a first experience of them.
After some time, I realized that I, very commonly, ran into errors with the new,...
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Some system icons were replaced with 'prohibition sign' icon
ISSUE DESCRIPTION:
Some icons are replaced with 'prohibition sign' icons as shown on the screens:
Topbar
Dock
Settings tabs
I guess that a potential reason of this problem is a 'snap-store' update ...
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Unable to delete the snap version of Firefox from Ubuntu 22.04.1 [duplicate]
I am deleting all snap apps using the command sudo snap remove --purge "app name" with the end goal of completely removing the snap store. I have been able to remove all apps other than ...
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Unable to update "Snap Store" from Ubuntu software
I upgraded my Acer Nitro 5 to 22.04 and this error occurred when trying to update Snap Store:
Unable to update "Snap Store":
(null): cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-...
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snap - cannot update snap-store preview/edge: cannot create symlink when update
I saw I can't open my software store and when I tried to update via terminal I saw this error:
cannot update snap namespace: cannot create symlink in "/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids": existing ...
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Snap store unable to uninstall application
I am having problems with the apple-music-electron package:
apple music electron error
so I decided to reinstall it. but when trying to do that snap store displays an error saying: 'Unable to remove &...
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Which software management application should I use
I'm bit confused which app should I use to uninstall software. Is it "Discover", is it "Snap Store", is it "Software"? Sometimes I can do it with apt, but sometimes not. ...
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New error - Pending Update of Snap Store [duplicate]
Both Laptop and Desktop running Unbutu 22.04.01 updated from 20.04 have started showing intermittent messages saying "Pending update of App Store and something about stopping the app (which isn't ...
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How to stop snap-store for update
I'm confused.
I get a notification that updates to snap-store are waiting. I go into Ubuntu Software and tell it to update snap-store.
I get a message that it can't be done because snap-store has ...
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How to properly harden/isolate Chromium snap?
I want to harden my Chromium snap, to make it more isolated. I disabled the access for home and system files via the Ubuntu Sofwtare permissions tab. Let's say I want to download images from Unsplash. ...
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Does the Ubuntu Snap-store support Flatpak
I had troubles with the Ubuntu Software App (20.04/22.04), it simply wasn't starting.
I found out that although the app is still advertised as Ubuntu-Software it is actually a snap called snap-store.
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Ubuntu 22.04 SNAP/Ubuntu Software non root installation or privilage user withour sudo ggroup
I upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04.
For a few days now I have tried to figure out how to allow users to install software from SnapStore/Ubuntu Software. When a user tries to install an app for example VLC ...
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System keeps asking me to close and update snap-store, running Software Updater does not help [duplicate]
I keep getting notifications like these:
Only the 'n days left' counter keeps decreasing, it started from 14 two weeks ago and is now down to 3.
What is this and how to get rid of this?
I run the ...
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Ubuntu Password not accepted when trying tro; deal with Snap-Store
Cannot upgrade Snap-Store because password not accepted. Am reluctant to uninstall it because I fear I would not be able to get back into my 22.04 LTS. Suggestions of what to do would be much ...
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Gnome Boxes unable to run virtual machine: Permission denied
I installed Gnome Boxes via Ubuntu Software Center, choose source: Snap Store latest/stable version 42.0.1-5-ga2f71278db. When I tried to run existing *.qcow2 image I get an error: Failed to start!. ...
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Snapd User Session Agent notification
I am aware of this discussion: Snapd User Session Agent (2). I keep having this notification on my login screen:
I did a sudo killall snap-store followed by sudo snap refresh snap-store and ...
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Snap Store does not start on Ubuntu 22.04.1
For a few days I have verified that SNAP STORE does not start. I normally install via terminal.
I saw a person on twitter commenting on the error, and I checked it out on my install.
When trying to ...
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Chromium not working after upgrade to 22.04
After upgrade finished, unable to open with icons. When run from command line it says
$chromium
/user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-1.scope is not cgroup
Other snap applications like android studio, ...
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Snapstore not starting
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop.
When I'm launching Snapstore, nothing happens. This is a new behaviour, worked fine about a week ago.
When I launch it via terminal using
snap-store
It says:
Gtk ...
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Pending update of snap store (2)
Pending Update of Snap Store ... still. The answers on Pending Update of Snap Store aren't working for me (or maybe I'm just not understanding them correctly).
Tried several of the ideas posted but ...
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Don't have Ubuntu Software Center, on Jammy, and I wan it back
I use Ubuntu Jammy. The SnapStore app needed update but it wasn't possible to update because apps were running and I can't remember the exact notification. The thing is that was going to be expired (...
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Ubuntu 22.04: no launcher for snap-store
I'm using ubuntu 22.04 (upgrade from early version).
The program snap-store is installed, but if I try to search it from the GUI (Activities), I can't find it. It's like it doesn't have a launcher.
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Snapd old pacakage remove
In my ubuntu 22.04, I mainly use snap pacakages but whenever an snap is update it's old pacakage still remains, how can I remove that
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Latest Snap Store version for Ubuntu 22.04?
I´ve had the same issue as other people updating the Snap Store (just as this topic explains: Unable to update "Snap Store": (null): cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-...
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How to Totally Erase PyCharm on Ubuntu 20.04?
I made a mistake by installing pycharm-community from jetbrains on my Ubuntu 20.04 from a tar file available here. Now, seems it is working, but each time I have to start pycharm as a script from
/opt/...
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Completely remove firefox snap package
In Ubuntu 22.04 the firefox snap was installed as default. I just removed it using the command sudo snap remove firefox but inside the file computer/var/lib/snapd/seed/snaps there exists an firefox ...
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Ubuntu software not opening after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04
I cant open Ubuntu Software , so I have decide to uninstall it and install it again , but when I try to reinstall the Snap Software I got this
sudo snap install snap-store
error: system does not fully ...
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