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Tar3k Hasan

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Registered: 2021-03-19

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[SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

So I'm having problem with snapd/snap for a while now. I can't install any packages.

[INPUT] sudo snap install Spotify

[OUTPUT] error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using
                   "squashfs": mount: /tmp/sanity-mountpoint-938841709: mount failed: Operation not permitted.

I searched for the solution in several forums but nothing worked. Did anyone faced this issue? In some forum I found that it has something to do with kernel. I'm on LTS kernel.

My kernel version is- 5.10.25-1-lts

Last edited by Tar3k Hasan (2021-04-01 20:42:50)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

Wiki says you should run it with root rights, which is not the same as using sudo .

Does it work while logged in as root ?

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Tar3k Hasan

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Registered: 2021-03-19

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

Wiki says you should run it with root rights, which is not the same as using sudo .

Does it work while logged in as root ?

It shows the same error. I did sudo su then snap install spotify. It's still the same. And would I be able to use spotify as another user if I install it as root. I have to edit permission for every package I install. I don't think that's the right way. Well I tried many solution but nothing worked.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

On archlinux snaps have to be installed as root, please read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snap#Installing thoroughly .

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(A works at time B)  && (time C > time B ) ≠  (A works at time C)

Tar3k Hasan

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Registered: 2021-03-19

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

Well I Solved the problem. I had to reinstall the whole system. I found that I installed snap when I had linux kernel. But I switched to linux-lts kernel after installing snaps.

educemail

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Registered: 2023-04-13

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

I had the same issue and solved it with the following steps (caution you will need to reboot):

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers
sudo pacman -S squashfs-tools
sudo reboot
sudo modprobe squashfs

ewaller

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Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED]Problem with snapd.

Using this opportunity to close this old thread.

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