[snap] Failure to reach the snap store during ubuntu do-release-upgrade under windows WSL2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Failure during ubuntu do-release-upgrade under windows WSL2
It failed to find the snapd system and i chose to abort the chromium install in the prompt
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-19041-
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 25 20:11:46 2020
Dmesg: [ 0.010504] Microsoft 4.4.0-19041.
ErrorMessage: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.5, python3-minimal, 3.7.5-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu2
apt 1.9.4
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-04-25 (0 days ago)
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
Indeed it looks like snaps don't work in WSL2 out of the box. The following forum threads have additional information on the topic:
https:/ /discourse. ubuntu. com/t/using- snapd-in- wsl2/12113
https:/ /forum. snapcraft. io/t/running- snaps-on- wsl2-insiders- only-for- now/13033