snap-store unable to remove installed applications

[corrado venturini]

Open snap store, click on 'Installed' select an app I want remove, click 'Remove' I see the message 'Unable to remove ... removing not available'.
tested with 2 different apps both .deb

corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$ snap version
snap 2.45
snapd 2.45
series 16
ubuntu 20.04
kernel 5.4.0-33-generic
corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$ snap list --all
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core18 20200311 1705 latest/stable canonical✓ base,disabled
core18 20200427 1754 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.3009fc7 33 latest/stable/… canonical✓ disabled
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.3009fc7 36 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-36-gc75f853 1506 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 3.36.0-74-ga164ec9 433 latest/edge canonical✓ disabled
snap-store 20200414.ac9047f 375 latest/edge canonical✓ -
snapd 2.44.3 7264 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd,disabled
snapd 2.45 7777 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd
corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

Please test this with snap-store from the stable/ubuntu-20.04 channel

snap refresh --channel stable/ubuntu-20.04 snap-store

Then kill any existing processes with:

killall snap-store

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$ snap refresh --channel stable/ubuntu-20.04 snap-store
snap-store (stable/ubuntu-20.04) 3.36.0-80-g208fd61 from Canonical✓ refreshed
corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$ killall snap-store
snap-store: no process found
corrado@corrado-x4-focal:~$ 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.
19:25:22:0022 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
19:25:22:0035 Gtk Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
19:25:24:0151 Gs plugin appstream took 1,9 seconds to do setup
19:25:24:0153 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
19:25:24:0153 Gs disabled plugins: dpkg, dummy, fedora-langpacks, fedora-pkgdb-collections, repos
19:25:25:0213 Gs /etc/PackageKit/Vendor.conf file not found
19:25:25:0599 Gs lost session service
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Builder.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Calculator.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.clocks.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Dictionary.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Documents.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Evince/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.gedit.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Maps.desktop/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0443 Gs adding wildcard app */*/*/*/org.gnome.Weather/* to plugin cache
19:25:27:0598 Gs Only 0 apps for recent list, hiding
19:25:27:0614 Gs hiding category audio-video featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
19:25:27:0629 Gs hiding category productivity featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
19:25:28:0991 Gs automatically prevented from changing kind on system/package/*/generic/org.guvcvie...

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

After that i removed and reinstalled guvcview without problems.

Log started: 2020-07-23 21:29:59
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Removing guvcview (2.0.6+debian-1build1) ...
Removing libguvcview-2.0-2:amd64 (2.0.6+debian-1build1) ...
Removing libgsl23:amd64 (2.5+dfsg-6build1) ...
Removing libgslcblas0:amd64 (2.5+dfsg-6build1) ...
Removing uvcdynctrl (0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2) ...
Removing libwebcam0 (0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2) ...
Removing uvcdynctrl-data (0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
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Log ended: 2020-07-23 21:30:01

Log started: 2020-07-23 21:30:54
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Preparing to unpack .../0-libgslcblas0_2.5+dfsg-6build1_amd64.deb ...
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Selecting previously unselected package libgsl23:amd64.
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Selecting previously unselected package libguvcview-2.0-2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../2-libguvcview-2.0-2_2.0.6+debian-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libguvcview-2.0-2:amd64 (2.0.6+debian-1build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package guvcview.
Preparing to unpack .../3-guvcview_2.0.6+debian-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking guvcview (2.0.6+debian-1build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libwebcam0.
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Unpacking libwebcam0 (0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package uvcdynctrl-data.
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Unpacking uvcdynctrl-data (0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package uvcdynctrl.
Preparing to unpack .../6-uvcdynctrl_0.2.4-1.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
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[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

Considering installation of the latest stable release resolved the issue, I'm going to mark this invalid.