Snap is not working properly

snapd
1

This is the output of some code：

  • About the output of snap version：
    snap    2.51.1+21.04
snapd   unavailable
series
  • About the output of snap changes:
    error: cannot communicate with server: Get "http://localhost/v2/changes?select=all": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory
  • About the output of service snapd start:
    snapd: unrecognized service

What should I do to make snap work properly?
By the way, I’m using ubuntu 21.04 and the kernel is arrch64 (arm64)

2

what kind of kernel, you have to be a bit more specific about your hardware and this specific kernel … (uname -a would help regarding the kernel … and something like cat /proc/cpuinfo should tell something about the hardware architecture)

3

Thank you for your answer, this is the further result you need from me：

  • About the output of uname -a
    Linux localhost 5.4.0-faked #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 9 07:18:04 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
  • About the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo
    Processor       : AArch64 Processor rev 1 (aarch64)                                                                                                                                  
processor       : 0                                                                                                                                                                  
BogoMIPS        : 38.00                                                                                                                                                              
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32                                                                                                                         
CPU implementer : 0x51                                                                                                                                                               
CPU architecture: 8                                                                                                                                                                  
CPU variant     : 0xa                                                                                                                                                                
CPU part        : 0x801                                                                                                                                                              
CPU revision    : 4                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                     
processor       : 1                                                                                                                                                                  
BogoMIPS        : 38.00                                                                                                                                                              
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32                                                                                                                         
CPU implementer : 0x51                                                                                                                                                               
CPU architecture: 8                                                                                                                                                                  
CPU variant     : 0xa                                                                                                                                                                
CPU part        : 0x801                                                                                                                                                              
CPU revision    : 4                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                     
processor       : 2                                                                                                                                                                  
BogoMIPS        : 38.00                                                                                                                                                              
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32                                                                                                                         
CPU implementer : 0x51                                                                                                                                                               
CPU architecture: 8                                                                                                                                                                  
CPU variant     : 0xa                                                                                                                                                                
CPU part        : 0x801
CPU revision    : 4

processor       : 3
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x51
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant     : 0xa
CPU part        : 0x801
CPU revision    : 4

processor       : 4
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x51
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant     : 0xa
CPU part        : 0x800
CPU revision    : 1

processor       : 5
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x51
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant     : 0xa
CPU part        : 0x800
CPU revision    : 1

processor       : 6
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x51
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant     : 0xa
CPU part        : 0x800
CPU revision    : 1

processor       : 7
BogoMIPS        : 38.00
Features        : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32
CPU implementer : 0x51
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant     : 0xa
CPU part        : 0x800
CPU revision    : 1

Hardware        : Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8998
4

what happens if you use systemctl start snapd (note that the service command from upstart is gone since 16.04), you might also want to watch your systems’ journal with journalctl -f in a second terminal while running the systemctl command.

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About the output of systemctl start snapd
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.

6

well, there you go … this does not look like you are actually running Ubuntu 21.04 at all (all Ubuntu versions since 16.04 use systemd) … is this a container or some such ?

7

Yes, I am running ubuntu through the Android app termux’s PRoot.

8

yeah, that will not work then … snapd can not run in containers that do not use systemd …

9

Well, is there no other way? I simply want to install chromium, but chromium is only distributed as a snap app. (

10

find an implementation that allows running a full linux with systemd … like a VM … this will likely require your device to be rooted thogh …