snap version of vlc broken; uninstalling didn't clean up

Bug #2031201 reported by Max Jones
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Bug Description

What happened:

Couldn't run vlc to view a mp4 video.
Tried running vlc from terminal, saw it crash repeatedly.
Ran "type vlc," got "vlc is hashed (/snap/bin/vlc)."
Uninstalled vlc with "Ubuntu Software."
Used apt to install vlc.
Ran "vlc," still failed.
Ran "type vlc," got "vlc is hashed (/snap/bin/vlc)."
Ran /bin/vlc-wrapper, success.
Had to manually rmdir/snap/bin/vlc.

What I expected:

Uninstalling the vlc snap would clean up /snap/bin/vlc.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: snap (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-27.28-generic 6.2.15
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Aug 11 21:51:36 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-13 (394 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: snap
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-23 (111 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Max Jones (m113355) wrote :
Paul White (paulw2u)
affects: snap (Ubuntu) → snapd (Ubuntu)
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