Starting with Ubuntu 20.04, chromium-browser indeed is a transitional package that installs the chromium snap. But for some reason snapd doesn't appear to be running on your system.
Can you share the output of the following commands? systemctl status snapd.service systemctl start snapd.service ** Summary changed: - Installed chromium-browser does not work + [snap] chromium-browser fails to install the snap because snapd is not running ** Tags added: snap ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904769 Title: [snap] chromium-browser fails to install the snap because snapd is not running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1904769/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs