How to install snapd

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Hi,

Is there any way we can use the snapd applications

Can we install snapd in Clear linux?

Thanks

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No, you’d have to compile it from source. We currently support flatpak and appimage, but not snapd.

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Also, let us know what applications you’re looking for. If we can package it in Clear Linux natively that is generally preferable.

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Is there a technical reason to not do this? We’d have a Firefox with codecs, chromium, as well as a bunch of other applications people might want/need that can never be packaged in Clear (vscode, etc.).

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Yes We’re need Snapd soooooo deep!

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I also agree. There are a lot more browsers available as snaps. In fact a lot more programmes in general…

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Is there a way to package MySQL Workbench on Clear Linux?

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I have compiled snapd.
But snapd refuses to work without snap-seccomp (required selinux to compile and work);
clear dont have support for selinux nor apparmor too;
and looks impossible for me to install selinux.
Any idea how to get snapd working?

snap compiled with --disable-apparmor --disable-selinux

snapd
AppArmor status: apparmor not enabled
2020/08/30 08:45:12.163691 daemon.go:343: started snapd/unknown (series 16; classic; devmode) clear-linux-os/33660 (amd64) linux/5.7.15-977.native.
2020/08/30 08:45:12.181160 daemon.go:436: adjusting startup timeout by 30s (pessimistic estimate of 30s plus 5s per snap)
cannot run daemon: state startup errors: [cannot obtain snap-seccomp version information: fork/exec /usr/lib/snapd/snap-seccomp: no such file or directory]

man snap-confine

Seccomp profiles

snap-confine looks for the /var/lib/snapd/seccomp/bpf/$SECURITY_TAG.bin file. This file is mandatory and snap-confine will refuse to run without it. This file contains the seccomp bpf binary program that is loaded into the kernel by snap-confine.

The file is generated with the /usr/lib/snapd/snap-seccomp compiler from the $SECURITY_TAG.src file that uses a custom syntax that describes the set of allowed system calls and optionally their arguments. The profile is then used to confine the started application.

As a security precaution disallowed system calls cause the started application executable to be killed by the kernel. In the future this restriction may be lifted to return EPERM instead.

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We definitely need snapd installed on the system. There are applications that are available as snaps and not as flatpacks. For instance, Rider Early Access Previews.

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hypnotix and iptvnator

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as well as tradingview - avail on snapd but not flatpak

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I definitely need snapd since in flat there is no winbox

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