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videos from non-linux partition don't play
The SMPlayer snap does not seem to have permissions to access the partition. This seems to be a snap issue. Installing the APT version should fix it.
sudo snap remove smplayer
sudo apt install ...
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videos from non-linux partition don't play
This is most likely due to the default security policy for Snap applications regarding connecting to the removable-media interface which is usually not granted by default ... You can inspect that for ...
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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification?
I found an old discussion about the problem on the Debian forums (https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=121809)
The solution is to delete the logfile at /var/lib/PackageKit/offline-update-competed....
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How do I completely remove LXD from my system?
LXD is installed as a snap. To remove it, run:
sudo snap remove --purge lxd
Afterwards, you can remove the lxd-installer helper package:
sudo apt remove --purge lxd-installer
The --purge option in ...
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What is the reason that snapd is installed via apt and snap in Ubuntu?
You actually need both.
You must have the snapd Debian package in order to install anything as a snap. You're right though: snapd is also distributed as a snap. However, it's never a snap you'll need ...
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How can I stop apt from installing snap packages?
Besides setting files in /etc/apt, you can run apt-mark to prevent anything requiring snapd from installing, just after purge snapd:
$ sudo apt-mark hold snapd
For example, installing firefox in ...
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Why isn't the snap for zoom-client at the latest version?
Take a look with the snap info command:
$ snap info zoom-client
name: zoom-client
summary: ZOOM Cloud Meetings
publisher: Oliver Grawert (ogra)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/zoom-client
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Apps using Webkit, like Foliate, Wike, Caveliar or GNOME Web do not show content Ubuntu 22.04 with NVIDIA graphics
This is a known webkit bug with NVidia graphics cards.
The workaround is to run the apps with the environment variable WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1.
Flatpak
For Foliate, run the command
flatpak ...
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Coin Wallet Snap Package scam
Locate the page for that snap at https://snapcraft.io.
That snap's page will have a "report this app" link near the bottom.
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How to remove/reinstall core18 snap?
You can Refresh the snap. If you face an error like
snap "core18" has no updates available
You can force refresh by switching to edge tracking branch temporarily
snap refresh core18 --edge
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Too many simultaneous gnome-x-xx and core loop devices?
For gnome-x-xx, see this post, and for core loop devices, see this. They are preinstalled backends for to-be-installed snap apps (but the only snap app you seem to have is snap-store).
If you don't ...
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Can I safely remove the Snap Store without removing snapd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
Sure, it's easy and fully-supported.
The Snap Store is not part of snapd. The two have NO secret magic link.
The Snap Store is just another snap. It's the snap-store snap.
How to remove Snap Store:
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Why doesn't Snap install Gnome automatically if Firefox can't be opened without it?
Firefox Snap is packaged to use the GTK toolkit, which is why it requires gnome components.
That that component is not installed as Firefox dependency must have been a glitch during installation. ...
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Snap sees a more recent version of Firefox, but won't refresh to it?
It's because you're using a "hidden" channel called latest/stable/ubuntu-23.04 which hasn't had the latest release published to it (yet). Those channels are used by default on the release. ...
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How launch Firefox snap with profile that is already running
sudo systemd --user
Is invoked as the user root(not your current user invoking sudo) without actual root login and therefore, invoked as such, doesn't have an existing user-runtime environment ...
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How to fix geolocation not working in Firefox snap (currently 119.0.1)?
I've solved the problem by changing in about:config the value of geo.enabled from false to true. I have no idea why it was false.
However, please note that Chromium snap returns the correct location ...
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How to install or refresh a snap in one command?
No, you're not missing an option and that's the whole package AFAIK ... I understand that you probably have in-mind something similar to APT's option install --reinstall, but, unfortunately, that's ...
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Application listed at snapcraft but cannot be found by 'snap install'
It could be that the creator of that snap has blocked your region/country ... Please see this related post about another snap https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/freecad-snap-mia/22040/1 .
Actually, some Geo-...
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Unable to update "Snap Store": cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-store" has running apps (ubuntu-software)
In my case there is pids show up
$ sudo snap refresh snap-store
error: cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-store" has running apps (snap-store), pids: 3452
$ kill 3452
$ sudo ...
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Installed fonts not detected on firefox 99 snap on Ubuntu 22.04
As @DamianYerrick in his comment, this is a bug in the snap version of Firefox (or more correctly, an upstream bug in snapd).
As a workaround, there's a interim solution recommended in comment #11 of ...
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Unable to update core: Snap has no update available
This problem shows up sometimes if multiple updates are listed and updated in one go.
The suggestions given in the answers to this question generally solve the problem.
sudo killall snap-store
sudo ...
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Give a snap access to a specific folder in home directory, but not to the full home directory
Currently, there is no mechanism in Snapcraft plugs that allows this at the "snap on the snap store level"
Right now, Snapcraft only permits the home level connector at the narrowest for ...
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Pending snap update configuration option
Your understanding seems accurate.
The notification time period is not configurable. Most folks can find time to spend 100 seconds --day or night-- to refresh sometime during that two week window.
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Can't install snap the package manager
/etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref appears to be an APT preferences control file that has instructions telling APT to not install the package snapd:
# To prevent repository packages from triggering ...
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The apps that I downloaded have broken and weird square titlebars
Snap and Flatpak apps often don't follow your system theme. Unless you need the very latest version of these apps for any specific reason, the workaround is to use the APT version of these apps (which ...
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Long time to launch apps, but only on single desktop
I had a similar problem after 23.04 → 23.10 update. The above question was the closest to my problem. I noticed the following errors while launching my applications:
Failed to activate service 'org....
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Mozillateam-Firefox Silently Replaced by Snap-Firefox in Spite of Lower Priority
The unattended-upgrades-tool is configured by default to upgrade packages only from the distribution's repositories. You can take a look at the configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-...
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How to grant a snap permission to read the whole filesystem
You have a few options.
Install in devmode
sudo snap install mdview --devmode
then run as usual
mdview file.md
Run from inside the snap, bypassing confinement
/snap/mdview/current/bin/mdview file....
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How to handle unused loop partition after removing snap/snapd?
Those loop devices are not necessarily specifically created for SNAP or any other app for that matter, although free ones can be utilized for any app that needs a loop device at any time.
Those 0-7 ...
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Duplicate Kdenlive applications on Ubuntu Gnome snap software store
Kdenlive version 23.08.4 is packaged as a snap package. Snap access to the rest of the system is defined by a set of interfaces, and the user can turn any of these interfaces off or on after the snap ...
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