Software Center doesn’t show many common apps and throws error “failed to install:not supported”
❯ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.35.5 5742 stable canonical* core
skype 8.33.0.41 63 stable skype* classic
❯ sudo snap refresh
All snaps up to date.
❯ sudo apt install snapd
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
snapd is already the newest version (2.35.5+18.10).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
❯ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
snap info snapcraft
name: snapcraft
summary: easily create snaps
publisher: Canonical*
contact: snaps@canonical.com
license: GPL-3.0
description: |
Package, distribute, and update any app for Linux and IoT.
Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update
and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux
systems without modification.
snap-id: vMTKRaLjnOJQetI78HjntT37VuoyssFE
channels:
stable: 2.43.1 (1871) 29MB classic
candidate: 3.0 (2251) 28MB classic
beta: ^
edge: 3.0+git9.g1353c96 (2287) 28MB classic
❯ snap info core
name: core
summary: snapd runtime environment
publisher: Canonical*
contact: snaps@canonical.com
license: unset
description: |
The core runtime environment for snapd
type: core
snap-id: 99T7MUlRhtI3U0QFgl5mXXESAiSwt776
tracking: stable
refresh-date: today at 16:25 IST
channels:
stable: 16-2.35.5 (5742) 92MB -
candidate: 16-2.35.5 (5742) 92MB -
beta: 16-2.36 (5799) 92MB -
edge: 16-2.36+git1000.5219c4b (5879) 92MB -
installed: 16-2.35.5 (5742) 92MB core