By: dolphin_oracle

Date:

MX Version: MX-17, MX-18, MX-19

Section: Applications

Snap packages and MX Linux

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Running snap packages (snaps) is problematic on our default MX setup because of a couple of factors.

  1. snapd (the snaps backend) requires systemd and we use sysVinit by default
  2. snapd confinement doesn’t like the symlink we use to link /tmp to /var/tmp.

If you boot into systemd instead of the default sysVinit, you should be able to run snaps: when the GRUB screen is displayed on boot, click on Advanced options… and select to use systemd. You may also need to change the user’s PATH-variable to include /snap/bin

v. 20190428

MX Linux