unable to run snapd on ubuntu 14.04

[Sebastian]

I have a ubuntu desktop 14.04 and did:
sudo apt-get install snap

Then I tried to login (snap login <email address hidden>) and intall something (snap install hello)
Both commands gave me this error:
ZOE ERROR (from /usr/lib/snap/snap): error opening parameter file
ZOE library version 2006-07-28

Any clues?

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't contain snapd (note the difference in the package name, snapd vs snap). Please consider upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

We definitely want snapd on 14.04 though so let's keep the bug open :)

Mark

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Here is a bug (and instructions) for porting snapd back to Trusty: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616422

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

snapd is available in 14.04 now via `sudo apt install snapd`. However a seccomp issue with bpf on 64 bit systems (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snap-confine/+bug/1653487) blocks the build on amd64 currently :/

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

re #5, I don't see snapd in trusty yet. It's in trusty-proposed via bug 1656382. The current version put forth in there is uninstallable in trusty, though and it seems getting snapd into trusty will be a struggle.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

We'll struggle on :)

[Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)]

Please note https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1656382/comments/9. snapd is installable from trusty-proposed.