On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 09:45:59PM +0000, Stumpy wrote:
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>
> I tried installing snaps in a debian template and then
>
> but while it ran fine the first time, after restarting it stopped
> working. As I wanted to be sure it was not a qubes issue I posted on the
> snapcraft forum [1] and the question they asked that made me think it
> was qubes related was
>
> _"Is this being run inside a container? It seems to imply that either
> /dev or /tmp/snap.rootfs_IeI049/ do not exist, but previously in the log
> the tmp dir was created by snap-confine"_
>
> So, AFAIK i installed it according to the qubes instructions [2] but am
> getting various errors that are starting to point to the ephemeral
> nature of appvms (only the home dir is retained).
>
> Anyone know how to fix this?
>
>
> Links:
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> [1]
>
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/authy-snap-error-cannot-perform-operation-mount-rbind/24932
> [2]
>
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/software-update-domu/#installing-snap-packages
>
Snaps now litter across the file system, so are no longer the
user-specific install they seemed to be.
I don't think there is a simple fix - you cant use bind-dirs for the
devices under /dev, and I'm guessing the /tmp directory is created per
boot.