Snapd doesn’t seem to recognise the .desktop file for the skype snap. This is causing GNOME Software to attempt to launch it in a terminal (by running gnome-terminal -x /snap/bin/skype), and that for some reason doesn’t work.
Two questions:
- Why is snapd not recognising this .desktop file?
- Why is the snap binary not working from a terminal?
What snapd is returning (should have "desktop-file": "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/skype_skypeforlinux.desktop" in the apps entry):
$ curl --unix-socket /run/snapd.socket http://localhost/v2/snaps/skype | jq .
{
"type": "sync",
"status-code": 200,
"status": "OK",
"result": {
"id": "QRDEfjn4WJYnm0FzDKwqqRZZI77awQEV",
"title": "Skype",
"summary": "One Skype for all your devices. New features. New look. All Skype.",
"description": "Skype keeps the world talking. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call – all for free, no matter what device they use Skype on. Skype is available on phones, tablets, PCs, Macs and Linux.\n\n• Video calls – Don’t just hear the cheers, see it! Get together with 1 or 24 of your friends and family on a video call. Watch your everyone’s smiles and cries when you tell them “We’re engaged!!!\" \n\n• Chat – Reach people instantly. Send messages to your friends, liven up conversations with emoticons and Mojis, or create a group chat to make weekend plans with up to 300 people.\n\n• Share – Do more together. Easily share your screen, photos, videos, documents, and files with your family and friends. Unlike email, Skype will transfer up to 300MB per file.\n\nVoice calls – Camera shy? Make voice calls to anyone on Skype. You can also call mobile and landlines at low rates.",
"installed-size": 109228032,
"name": "skype",
"developer": "skype",
"status": "active",
"type": "app",
"version": "8.16.0.4",
"channel": "stable",
"tracking-channel": "stable",
"ignore-validation": false,
"revision": "16",
"confinement": "classic",
"private": false,
"devmode": false,
"jailmode": false,
"apps": [
{
"snap": "skype",
"name": "skype"
}
],
"contact": "https://www.skype.com/",
"install-date": "2018-02-21T20:15:21+13:00"
}
}