Snap store not showing ubuntu repository apt apps inthe store

[Mr Tamal Howlader]

OS : Ubuntu 20.04 (20200401)
Problem : repository (apt) apps are not showing

Problem Simulation:
        Install ubuntu 20.04 current daily build > open Snap Store> Search gnome tweak (or anyother apt apps) > no results

Expected Solution:
            The Snap store should show repository apps or the gnome software should have installed by default.
Thank you

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

We're working on this already, it seems hit and miss. I have a fresh focal VM from this morning and it does find Tweaks if I search for it, however my focal desktop doesn't find it right now. Same version of snap-store.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Yes Sir you are right.. to test this I have installed focal on 7 VMs and only 1 of them shows repository apps sometimes and opthertimes not ... No consistency in the snap store... If it's replacing the gnome-software then it should work 99 times out of 100 times ...

It's really nice to here that you're already working on this .. I hope this will be fixed when focal officially releases ...
Thank you 😊

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

On Ubuntu 20.04 fresh install from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
with snap-store 336 and 344 I see the same problem: for GIMP gnome-software finds both snap and deb versions while snap-store finds only snap.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Yes same issue 😔 please effected you button.. so that it gets higher priority..

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

Don't see it as hit or miss, the version on the Ubuntu beta image only shows snaps.
On an older install it has snap-store 20200401.4cde4f1 which shows both snaps and .deb's

Refreshing the beta image install's snap-store from latest/stable: 20191114.a9948d5 to latest/beta: 20200403.d6b9c02 then allows the snap-store to show both snaps and .deb's.

[Pierre Equoy (pieq)]

Installed focal fossa beta this morning on a XPS 13 (9300), and facing the same issue.

The first thing I usually do is to install GNOME Tweaks, and this doesn't show in Snap Store.

Tried snap-store rev336 (installed by default) and rev344 (from edge channel): same result.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

New install from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200408)
on ubuntu-software==snap-store ask for tweaks - no application found
same for synaptic and gparted

corrado@corrado-p9-ff-0409:~$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.44.1 8935 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20200311 1705 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.2c86692 21 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-29-g45e78c5 1474 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 20200401.4cde4f1 336 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-p9-ff-0409:~$ snap version
snap 2.44.2+20.04
snapd 2.44.2+20.04
series 16
ubuntu 20.04
kernel 5.4.0-21-generic
corrado@corrado-p9-ff-0409:~$

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

Still working fine on both my 20.04 installs.

$ snap info snap-store
name: snap-store
summary: Snap Store is a graphical desktop application for discovering, installing and managing
  snaps on Linux.
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/snap-store
contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/
license: unset
description: |
  Snap Store showcases featured and popular applications with useful descriptions, ratings, reviews
  and screenshots.

  Applications can be found either through browsing categories
  or by searching.

  Snap Store can also be used to switch channels, view and alter snap permissions and view and
  submit reviews and ratings.

  Snap Store is based on GNOME Software, optimized for the Snap experience.
commands:
  - snap-store
  - snap-store.ubuntu-software
snap-id: gjf3IPXoRiipCu9K0kVu52f0H56fIksg
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-20.04
refresh-date: yesterday at 09:46 EDT
channels:
  latest/stable: 20191114.a9948d5 2019-11-14 (209) 44MB -
  latest/candidate: 20191126.6a93891 2019-11-26 (214) 45MB -
  latest/beta: 20200403.d6b9c02 2020-04-03 (345) 50MB -
  latest/edge: 20200403.55a2b6b 2020-04-03 (344) 52MB -
installed: 20200403.d6b9c02 (345) 50MB -

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

After reboot and install gnome-software(??) now snap-store finds also .deb.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

What a coincidence 😆. I have also reinstall today and after installing gnome-software and rebooting 2-3 times and snap refresh.. the snap-store showing repository packages... 🤣🤣 Is this the solution??
To test this I also create another VM with the Same ISO image but this time haven't installed gnome-software .. tried snap refresh etc .. but no luck .. 0 repository packages .. 🤔

[Martin Vernay (magean)]

I'm having the same issue. I downloaded and installed the beta yesterday. When I opened the Snap Store to install Gimp, the apt repo version was listed... albeit concealed behind a blank field:
https://i.imgur.com/eZAVN1x.png
See the distribution channel pop-up in the top-right? The first two lines are snaps. The third, empty line, actually lead to the apt repo version. How could I know?

I refreshed my snaps to update the Store, and now even the blank line is gone:
https://i.imgur.com/nVEMMLg.png

I understand that Canonical has its reasons to push snaps, but at that point that's confusing, in particular to new users. For example, a new user knows that Firefox is installed... but it's not listed as such in the Store, because the apt version isn't taken into account. That new user may then install Firefox twice by mistake.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Two new installations on different hardware from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200409)
After install of gnome-software, update+upgrade, snap refresh and various reboot snap-store still ignores apt apps.
snaps are not integrated with the system, ubuntu-bug does not work so users can't give a good feedback to developers.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

That's correct.. #Corrado

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

 20200403.d6b9c02 (345) 50MB is the only one that works, some users could revert back to it, most can't..

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Naa it's it or miss .. sometimes it works in 344 and the other time it's not same case with 345 .. on different installation different scenarios...

First when the new came out Ubuntu gonna replace gnome-software with snap store I thought it would be cool that it will get updated faster .... But now it feels trash ....

#Gonna switch to either ##Kubuntu or Manjaro KDE ..

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

@Tamal: just install and use gnome-software

[Ivan Prokopov (vanburen07)]

@corrado, that's not a solution, if you replace one app store with another it should manage apps installed by default. And it could be really confusing for the new users, if you cannot see the apps you have installed as the installed section. There's no way for a new user to know something else should be installed, this is workaround and not a solution. Besides it's clearly a downgrade from 18.04 where it works just fine. And as per my knowledge it was promised that the new store will support snaps along with .deb and also flatpacs. So indeed it must be fixed before the release, especially considering we're talking about LTS.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@Ivan that's my point.. new linux users will just continue to use snaps for rest of there life 💩🤦 . They will have no choice and can't find all softwares until they become familiar with other linux distro too

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@all and the bug was reported on 01-04-2020 but still till the date there is no status change update/ no milestone for fixing the bug... Or they just don't want to fix .. because they want to push there snap system everywhere / without a choice to new users. @Ken_VanDine

[Ivan Prokopov (vanburen07)]

@Tanal according this thread:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/is-ubuntu-software-going-to-be-remove-for-snap-snap-store/14542/87

It has to be fixed before the release. Gnome Software is available via focal repo and it works exactly the same way as in 18.04. I've uninstalled the new store and it didn't want to install it back with any update, at least not immediately after a reboot. So if it is not fixed for the release or doesn't work after the upgrade (as I understand it works in some cases, perhaps for upgrades but not for the clean installations).

[Ivan Prokopov (vanburen07)]

Seems to be working fine with the new daily build today.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@Ivan reinstall of today new daily ISO or reinstall of old one and updated?

[Ivan Prokopov (vanburen07)]

@Tamal, today's build. Fresh installation. Perhaps I got lucky because as I understand it worked for some people before. But this is first time it worked for me without doing anything else - just the update it offers you right after the installation.
I'll check with another daily built tomorrow or perhaps a little later - this weekend to make sure.

[xorzy (xorzy)]

Still not working for me on latest build

$snap info snap-store

[...]
snap-id: gjf3IPXoRiipCu9K0kVu52f0H56fIksg
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-20.04
refresh-date: today at 13:17 CEST
channels:
  latest/stable: 20191114.a9948d5 2019-11-14 (209) 44MB -
  latest/candidate: 20191126.6a93891 2019-11-26 (214) 45MB -
  latest/beta: 20200415.b22e2b7 2020-04-15 (390) 51MB -
  latest/edge: 20200414.ac9047f 2020-04-14 (375) 50MB -
installed: 20200415.d5acdda (385) 51MB -

$snap refresh snap-store
snap "snap-store" has no updates available

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Last version works partially: if I click on the empty box (the one with the mouse arrow) I have the .deb version

corrado@corrado-x5-ff-0409:~$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.44.1 8935 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20200311 1705 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.2c86692 24 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-29-g45e78c5 1474 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 20200415.d5acdda 385 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-x5-ff-0409:~$

[xorzy (xorzy)]

@corradoventu I do not even have this empty box on the same build (d5acdda)

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Yaa keep testing and let's see what happens on the final release build...

[motang (mohan-ram)]

Just installed the latest daily ISO image from last night (04-14-2020) in VM and was not able to browse .deb applications, only snap version worked. This morning (04-15-2020) installed my laptop and did the same till I rebooted the system after applying system updates (with pre-release updatess tick marked). I am able to search and browser .deb applications, but it seems like all if not most of them are missing their respective icons.

[Ivan Prokopov (vanburen07)]

@motang

Yes that is correct for me as well. However I'm not sure if new focal repo is identical to the bionic one (and it clearly uses the focal one, you can easily check it via cli). So it could be that there will be only snap versions for some apps like Firefox (curiously a .deb version is installed by default). and it didn't display icons for .deb applications for me as well.

So when I'm saying it's working I'm not saying it's working 100% correctly, but it's an improvement for sure. It was rather mess recent weeks - didn't start at all or started and showed Snap Store icon etc.

That gives me a hope it will be fixed for the release.

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

These issues have been fixed now.

Fixed snap revisions:
snap-store 394
gtk-common-themes 1502

And snapd 2.44.3

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Thanks @Ken

[xorzy (xorzy)]

Unfortunately I am still having the issue

$snap info snap-store
snap-id: gjf3IPXoRiipCu9K0kVu52f0H56fIksg
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-20.04
refresh-date: today at 07:55 CEST
channels:
  latest/stable: 20191114.a9948d5 2019-11-14 (209) 44MB -
  latest/candidate: 20191126.6a93891 2019-11-26 (214) 45MB -
  latest/beta: 20200415.e028804 2020-04-15 (394) 51MB -
  latest/edge: 20200414.ac9047f 2020-04-14 (375) 50MB -
installed: 20200415.e028804 (394) 51MB -

$snap info gtk-common-themes
snap-id: jZLfBRzf1cYlYysIjD2bwSzNtngY0qit
tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-20.04
refresh-date: today at 07:55 CEST
channels:
  latest/stable: 0.1-29-g45e78c5 2020-03-23 (1474) 50MB -
  latest/candidate: 0.1-30-gd41a42a 2020-04-15 (1502) 57MB -
  latest/beta: 0.1-30-gd41a42a 2020-04-15 (1502) 57MB -
  latest/edge: 0.1 2020-04-04 (1499) 56MB -
installed: 0.1-30-gd41a42a (1502) 57MB -

$apt list snapd
Listing... Done
snapd/focal,now 2.44.3+20.04 amd64 [installed,automatic]

The option to list software sources has disappeared and regular apt packages still do not show up.

Is there anything else to do besides updating and restarting (killall snap-store) the store?

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

With new snap-store 394 also after reboot i still have the problem of my #26

corrado@corrado-x5-ff-0409:~$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.44.1 8935 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20200311 1705 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.2c86692 24 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-30-gd41a42a 1502 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 20200415.e028804 394 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-x5-ff-0409:~$ snap version
snap 2.44.3+20.04
snapd 2.44.3+20.04
series 16
ubuntu 20.04
kernel 5.4.0-21-generic
corrado@corrado-x5-ff-0409:~$

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Guys , Its fixed in latest snapd and snap-store update . I did a clean install today (The Beta ISO) and updated the system and reboot .. then I run snap refresh > it has updated snap-store and now everything is working just fine for now..

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Same problem on a different installation:
corrado@corrado-p3-ff-0324:~$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.44.1 8935 latest/stable canonical✓ core
core18 20200311 1705 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.2c86692 24 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-30-gd41a42a 1502 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 20200415.e028804 394 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-p3-ff-0324:~$ snap run snap-store
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path “/system/proxy/http/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path “/system/proxy/https/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path “/system/proxy/ftp/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path “/system/proxy/socks/”. Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are deprecated.
11:16:07:0314 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
11:16:07:0334 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
11:16:09:0522 Gs plugin appstream took 1,9 seconds to do setup
11:16:09:0530 Gs enabled plugins: desktop-categories, fwupd, os-release, packagekit, packagekit-local, packagekit-offline, packagekit-proxy, packagekit-refine-repos, packagekit-refresh, packagekit-upgrade, packagekit-url-to-app, appstream, desktop-menu-path, hardcoded-blacklist, hardcoded-popular, modalias, odrs, packagekit-refine, rewrite-resource, packagekit-history, provenance, snap, systemd-updates, generic-updates, provenance-license, icons, key-colors, key-colors-metadata
11:16:09:0530 Gs disabled plugins: dpkg, dummy, fedora-langpacks, fedora-pkgdb-collections, repos
11:16:10:0744 Gs /etc/PackageKit/Vendor.conf file not found
11:16:11:0224 Gs lost session service
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Builder.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Calculator.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.clocks.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Dictionary.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Documents.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Evince/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.gedit.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Maps.desktop/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0707 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Weather/* to plugin cache
11:16:11:0853 Gs hiding category audio-video featured app...

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@corrado As you said it's not working for you.. so I have installed Ubuntu beta on my 2nd device and updated system reboot then snap refresh thn reboot... Boom then the magic happens now deb packages 😂😂... It's still hit or miss @Ken .... Ubuntu now becoming like Windows.. really frustrated with reinstall

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

New install from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200416.2)
PROBLEM SOLVED!

corrado@corrado-x2-ff-0416:~/Desktop$ snap run snap-store
05:58:06:0998 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
05:58:06:0999 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
05:58:07:0000 GLib-GIO Settings schema 'org.gnome.software' is not installed
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
corrado@corrado-x2-ff-0416:~/Desktop$ snap list snap-store
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
snap-store 20200415.e028804 394 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-x2-ff-0416:~/Desktop$

snap are supposed self containing with all the needed dependencies but here something is missing
try again, you will be luckier next time

[Simon Morgan (simonsaysthis)]

This is not fixed. Worked for a short time then broke again

snap list snap-store
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
snap-store 20200415.e028804 394 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@Corrado try reinstall again (obviously if you got free time) and see if it works again.. because in my 5 reinstall worked only on 1 of them ...

[Martin Vernay (magean)]

I installed the latest beta (399) and still no apt versions for Inkscape.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

I reinstalled dressed in a red shirt from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200416.2) and now i have this new problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/+bug/1873388
will retry with a green shirt

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@corrado 🤣🤣

[Oi Suomi On! (oi-suomi-on)]

I hope this will be fixed soon, it effects the new users drastically: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/g2xihn/is_this_a_bug_ubuntu_2004_lts_beta_steam_not/

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

On a different hardware installed from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200417)
if i search for gparted or synaptic i find it but for gimp i still have the old problem

corrado@corrado-HP-p5-ff-0417:~$ snap list snap-store
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
snap-store 20200415.e028804 394 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
corrado@corrado-HP-p5-ff-0417:~$ snap version
snap 2.44.3+20.04
snapd 2.44.3+20.04
series 16
ubuntu 20.04
kernel 5.4.0-24-generic
corrado@corrado-HP-p5-ff-0417:~$

[Mateusz Stachowski (stachowski-mateusz)]

I installed 20.04 in March or February and I'm using it without any reinstalls.

So I had snap-store from latest/stable channel which I suppose it should be if you just issue:
snap install snap-store. Now I switched to latest/beta channel with version listed as 399.

When I search for Inkscape I get both .deb and snap. The same with Kdenlive. I get kdenlive wich is snap package and Kdenlive .deb package. Also Clementine returns both packages.

Searching for GIMP is quite different because it shows as snap primarly but the dropdown menu on the right side gives me option of installing .deb package.

Unfortunately when searching for Firefox or Thunderbird I get only snap package and the dropdown menu only lists snaps.

[Mateusz Stachowski (stachowski-mateusz)]

Also looking for VLC and ScummVM I get both packages.

Searching for 0ad game returns: 0ad and 0 A.D. both of these are snap packages. The first one has deprecated as version number and no dropdown menu for selecting channels. This should be removed if it is deprecated.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

Same issue still there 😒😒 only 3 days left for the final release

[Simon Morgan (simonsaysthis)]

I think they should revert to same store set-up from 19.10. The implementation of Snap store is far from mature enough for an LTS release.

[xorzy (xorzy)]

@Simon
I agree, we are only hours away from the release and the software is still riddled with major bugs.

[Mr Tamal Howlader (tamal-99)]

@Simon Yaa when something is just works fine then why to change for a unstable thing for LTS releases.. if this was in 20.10 then it would not be as bad as it is now .. don't know what canonical and Alan Pope is thinking..🤮

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

The recent comments on this bug is actually a different bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/+bug/1873040

[Gustavo Kazuhiko Rodrigues Mitamura (gustavokrm)]

Starting today, the Ubuntu Software snap changed into the Snap Store, and it no longer displays deb applications, only Snaps. Searching for any application only wields results from the Snap Store, no debs at all.

Is that a regression?

[Simon Morgan (simonsaysthis)]

Ubuntu Software changed and broke itself automatically today.