Public bug reported: current snapd and snpd-xdg-open cannot be installed together - one uninstalls the other. Therefore upgrades fail.
## My system release lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial ## grep of apt log cat /var/log/apt/term.log | grep snapd Removing snapd (2.27.6) ... Warning: Stopping snapd.service, but it can still be activated by: snapd.socket Removing snapd-xdg-open (0.0.0~16.04) ... Selecting previously unselected package snapd. Preparing to unpack .../snapd_2.28.4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking snapd (2.28.4) ... Setting up snapd (2.28.4) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.snapd.snap-confine.real ... ## Aptitude report on packages sudo aptitude show snapd-xdg-open snapd Package: snapd-xdg-open State: not installed Version: 0.0.0~16.04 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <ubuntu-desk...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 26.6 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.2) Conflicts: snapd-xdg-open:i386 Description: Opens URLs via D-Bus A D-Bus-activatable helper service allowing snaps to launch URLs on the host where its installed. Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snap-desktop-links Package: snapd State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 2.28.4 Priority: optional Section: devel Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 74.7 M Depends: adduser, apparmor (>= 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.2), ca-certificates, gnupg1 | gnupg, openssh-client, squashfs-tools, systemd, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.17), libudev1 (>= 183) Conflicts: snap (< 2013-11-29-1ubuntu1), snap:i386 (< 2013-11-29-1ubuntu1), snapd:i386 Breaks: snap-confine (< 2.23), snap-confine:i386 (< 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), snapd-xdg-open:i386 (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (< 2.22), ubuntu-core-launcher:i386 (< 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (< 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (< 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli:i386 (< 1.9) Replaces: snap-confine (< 2.23), snap-confine:i386 (< 2.23), snapd-xdg-open (<= 0.0.0), snapd-xdg-open:i386 (<= 0.0.0), ubuntu-core-launcher (< 2.22), ubuntu-core-launcher:i386 (< 2.22), ubuntu-snappy (< 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli (< 1.9), ubuntu-snappy-cli:i386 (< 1.9) Description: Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are 'universal' packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things. This is the CLI for snapd, a background service that takes care of snaps on the system. Start with 'snap list' to see installed snaps. Homepage: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: snapd 2.28.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Oct 13 07:53:37 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-26 (290 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20161225) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh SourcePackage: snapd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723256 Title: snapd and snapd-xdg-open packages conflict To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1723256/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs