Uwe Brauer <[email protected]> writes: >>> End of game. My Ubuntu version is simply too old. > >> Huh. I thought the idea behind snap packages was that they packaged >> their library dependencies or something in order not to rely on the host >> system details as much. Maybe there is a particular way in which one >> needs to call the binary or set up its environment?
Good point. > Well that is what I thought. And before Tassilo suggested to try > /snap/evince/current/usr/libexec/evinced A quick search suggests that one runs snaps using something like "snap run <package-name>.<executable-name>". And for services, there seem to be "snap start/stop <service-name>" commands... > I even installed the snap version of emacs (without success) > > I am thinking of trying to install via snap the glib library but I > hesitate, since the last thing I want is now to screw up my Ubuntu > installation at least not for the coming 2 weeks. glib != glibc > I googled a bit and found that > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/2031259 > > So I presume there is a bug of sorts. Maybe, maybe not. Bye, Tassilo
