I can’t get snap to work on an Ubuntu 16.04 vps. I get this output when trying to install:
The following NEW packages will be installed: snapd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 13.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 65.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 snapd amd64 2.42.1 [13.2 MB] Fetched 13.2 MB in 2s (5204 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package snapd. (Reading database ... 71733 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../snapd_2.42.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking snapd (2.42.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up snapd (2.42.1) ... snapd.failure.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. snapd.snap-repair.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
When trying to install the hello-world snap it gives me this error:
snap install hello-world error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs": mount: /tmp/sanity-mountpoint-948900179: mount failed: Unknown error -1
I have looked everywhere for a solution but for the life of me have not been able to find one.
what is the full output of snap version ?
(most likely your VPS provider uses a hacked up kernel that does not have all required security features enabled an ubuntu kernel usually has)