Thanks for all the input, here are my answers:
journalctl
I restarted snapd, then installed pycharm-community. It took 27 minutes.
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop systemd[1]: Started Snappy daemon.
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: autorefresh.go:255: DEBUG: Next refresh scheduled for 2018-10-12 22:58:01.299573016 +0200 CEST.
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: catalogrefresh.go:71: DEBUG: Catalog refresh starting now; next scheduled for 2018-10-13 14:16:30.073774404 +0200 CEST.
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/sections, attempt 1, elapsed time=5.477µs
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/sections HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/2.35.2 (series 16; classic) linuxmint/19 (amd64) linux/4.15.0-36-gen
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 286\r\nAge: 3069\r\nCache-Control: public, max-age=3600\r\nContent-Type: application/hal+json\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/sections finished after 1 retries, elapsed time=297.524485ms, status: 200
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/names?confinement=strict%2Cclassic, attempt 1, elapsed time=7.607µs
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/names?confinement=strict%2Cclassic HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/2.35.2 (series 16; classic) linuxmint/19 (
Oct 12 14:16:30 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 329036\r\nAge: 94\r\nCache-Control: public, max-age=3600\r\nContent-Type: application/hal+json\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct
Oct 12 14:16:31 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/names?confinement=strict%2Cclassic finished after 1 retries, elapsed time=681.61569ms, status: 200
Oct 12 14:16:31 desktop snapd[27087]: catalogrefresh.go:75: DEBUG: Catalog refresh succeeded.
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: api.go:1046: Installing snap "pycharm-community" revision unset
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: store.go:2208: DEBUG: Deltas enabled. Adding header Snap-Accept-Delta-Format: xdelta3
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/refresh, attempt 1, elapsed time=3.862µs
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "POST /v2/snaps/refresh HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/2.35.2 (series 16; classic) linuxmint/19 (amd64) linux/4.15.0-36-generic
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 1843\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:17:05 GMT\r\nServer: gunicorn/19.7.1\r\nSnap-Sto
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/refresh finished after 1 retries, elapsed time=251.615736ms, status: 200
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: daemon.go:273: DEBUG: pid=27604;uid=0;socket=/run/snapd.socket;@ POST /v2/snaps/pycharm-community 270.664481ms 202
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2147 on Do: Ensure prerequisites for "pycharm-community" are available
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2148 on Do: Download snap "pycharm-community" (85) from channel "stable"
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: store.go:1337: DEBUG: Available deltas returned by store: []
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: store.go:1369: DEBUG: Starting download of "/var/lib/snapd/snaps/pycharm-community_85.snap.partial".
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E_85.snap, attempt 1, elapsed time=7.092µs
Oct 12 14:17:02 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/download/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E_85.snap HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/2.35.2 (series 16; classic)
Oct 12 14:17:03 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 302 FOUND\r\nContent-Length: 513\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:17:05 GMT\r\nLocation: https://fastly.
Oct 12 14:17:03 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /download-origin/fastly/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E_85.snap?token=1539360000_b6a7874588475d503df2936a5a6c47b6c6e14118 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: fastly
Oct 12 14:17:03 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 237490176\r\nAccept-Ranges: bytes\r\nAccept-Ranges: bytes\r\nAge: 524\r\nCache-Control: max-age=86400\r\nConnection:
Oct 12 14:44:54 desktop snapd[27087]: store.go:1559: DEBUG: Download succeeded in 1671.638s (142kB/s).
Oct 12 14:44:54 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2149 on Do: Fetch and check assertions for snap "pycharm-community" (85)
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-revision/W2Oa4vkwI6c9jQIrL-FNpTYCsYPwvneW8h-CH9uDkebXjk7tvxxZQyIejrhtli70?max-format=0, atte
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-revision/W2Oa4vkwI6c9jQIrL-FNpTYCsYPwvneW8h-CH9uDkebXjk7tvxxZQyIejrhtli70?max-format=0 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraf
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 1098\r\nContent-Type: application/x.ubuntu.assertion\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:44:57 GMT\r\nServer: gunicorn/19.7
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-revision/W2Oa4vkwI6c9jQIrL-FNpTYCsYPwvneW8h-CH9uDkebXjk7tvxxZQyIejrhtli70?max-form
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-declaration/16/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E?max-format=2, attempt 1, elapsed time=3.266µ
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-declaration/16/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E?max-format=2 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 1034\r\nAge: 7\r\nContent-Type: application/x.ubuntu.assertion\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:44:50 GMT\r\nServer: gun
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/snap-declaration/16/Qo9GiW9eyzgN1tXmWpQ9gdstdFsj4K7E?max-format=2 finished after 1 retr
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/account/28zEonXNoBLvIB7xneRbltOsp0Nf7DwS?max-format=0, attempt 1, elapsed time=5.225µs
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/assertions/account/28zEonXNoBLvIB7xneRbltOsp0Nf7DwS?max-format=0 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.io\r\nUser-Agent: snapd/2.35.2 (seri
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 1006\r\nAge: 1\r\nContent-Type: application/x.ubuntu.assertion\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:44:56 GMT\r\nServer: gun
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/account/28zEonXNoBLvIB7xneRbltOsp0Nf7DwS?max-format=0 finished after 1 retries, elapsed
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:40: DEBUG: Retrying https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/account-key/BWDEoaqyr25nF5SNCvEv2v7QnM9QsfCc0PBMYD_i2NGSQ32EF2d4D0hqUel3m8ul?max-format=0, attemp
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:69: DEBUG: > "GET /api/v1/snaps/assertions/account-key/BWDEoaqyr25nF5SNCvEv2v7QnM9QsfCc0PBMYD_i2NGSQ32EF2d4D0hqUel3m8ul?max-format=0 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: api.snapcraft.
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: logger.go:76: DEBUG: < "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 2452\r\nAge: 63\r\nContent-Type: application/x.ubuntu.assertion\r\nDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:43:54 GMT\r\nServer: gu
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: retry.go:52: DEBUG: The retry loop for https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/assertions/account-key/BWDEoaqyr25nF5SNCvEv2v7QnM9QsfCc0PBMYD_i2NGSQ32EF2d4D0hqUel3m8ul?max-format
Oct 12 14:44:55 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2150 on Do: Mount snap "pycharm-community" (85)
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2151 on Do: Copy snap "pycharm-community" data
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2152 on Do: Setup snap "pycharm-community" (85) security profiles
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2153 on Do: Make snap "pycharm-community" (85) available to the system
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: desktop.go:188: DEBUG: update-desktop-database successful
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2154 on Do: Automatically connect eligible plugs and slots of snap "pycharm-community"
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2155 on Do: Set automatic aliases for snap "pycharm-community"
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2156 on Do: Setup snap "pycharm-community" aliases
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2157 on Do: Run install hook of "pycharm-community" snap if present
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2158 on Do: Start snap "pycharm-community" (85) services
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: taskrunner.go:418: DEBUG: Running task 2159 on Do: Run configure hook of "pycharm-community" snap if present
Oct 12 14:44:56 desktop snapd[27087]: daemon.go:273: DEBUG: pid=27604;uid=0;socket=/run/snapd.socket;@ GET /v2/snaps?snaps=pycharm-community 1.231917ms 200
ISP
I’m located in Budapest, Hungary and my ISP is Magyar Telekom (subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom). Internet speed in Hungary is overall pretty good, so I doubt that this is ISP-related (and I only get these 2MBit caps when downloading from the snap store.
fastly
I let it run for a couple of minutes but it doesn’t seem to finish (I don’t know how long I’m supposed to wait). The closest server is FRA.
(I redacted my public IP)
mtr
output:
[I] ➜ mtr -c 10 -w -r fastly.cdn.snapcraft.io
Start: 2018-10-12T14:56:47+0200
HOST: desktop Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- _gateway 0.0% 10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0
2.|-- 192.168.1.254 0.0% 10 0.4 0.6 0.4 2.0 0.5
3.|-- 145.236.238.131 0.0% 10 16.0 16.5 15.0 18.7 1.3
4.|-- 81.183.0.37 0.0% 10 15.7 16.7 15.3 18.7 1.5
5.|-- 81.183.0.37 0.0% 10 18.2 17.7 15.6 19.7 1.4
6.|-- 81.183.3.129 0.0% 10 15.3 16.1 15.0 18.3 1.4
7.|-- 80.157.204.37 0.0% 10 25.3 26.3 25.0 28.7 1.4
8.|-- 217.239.55.138 0.0% 10 29.1 28.1 26.0 30.3 1.3
9.|-- 80.150.168.122 0.0% 10 33.9 35.4 33.9 37.2 1.1
10.|-- prag-bb1-link.telia.net 0.0% 10 31.0 32.5 30.8 35.6 1.6
11.|-- ffm-bb3-link.telia.net 0.0% 10 40.0 39.2 37.3 40.8 1.4
12.|-- ffm-b1-link.telia.net 0.0% 10 38.2 40.2 37.5 44.2 2.3
13.|-- fastly-ic-328448-ffm-b1.c.telia.net 0.0% 10 39.9 40.3 36.8 47.1 3.3
14.|-- 151.101.14.217 0.0% 10 47.6 45.9 44.5 47.6 1.3
192.168.1.254 is my broadband modem.