** Also affects: snapd
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: lxd
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Firefox Snap cannot be installed in an LXC Container
Status in lxd:
New
Status in snapd:
New
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
$ sudo snap install firefox
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Run hook connect-plug-host-hunspell of snap "firefox" (run hook
"connect-plug-host-hunspell":
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update.go:85: cannot change mount namespace according to change mount
(/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/cups/doc-root /usr/share/cups/doc-root none
bind,ro 0 0): cannot create directory "/usr/share/cups/doc-root": permission
denied
update.go:85: cannot change mount namespace according to change mount
(/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/gimp/2.0/help /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help none
bind,ro 0 0): cannot create directory "/usr/share/gimp/2.0": permission denied
update.go:85: cannot change mount namespace according to change mount
(/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/libreoffice/help /usr/share/libreoffice/help
none bind,ro 0 0): cannot create directory "/usr/share/libreoffice/help":
permission denied
error: error running snapctl: cannot start mount unit: systemctl command
[start var-snap-firefox-common-host\x2dhunspell.mount] failed with exit status
1: A dependency job for var-snap-firefox-common-host\x2dhunspell.mount failed.
See 'journalctl -xe' for details.
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This makes it very difficult to have LXC containers with a GUI (used via
VNC), as a web browser is essential.
Workaround:
- Add the Mozillateam PPA
(https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu)
- Create /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla-firefox with:
Package: firefox*
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam
Pin-Priority: 1001
- sudo apt install firefox
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-48.54-generic 5.15.53
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Oct 26 14:16:04 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-02 (722 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20200203.1)
Snap.Changes: no changes found
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-10-03 (22 days ago)
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