Can't install snap the normal way: <exceeded maximum runtime of 5m0s>

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

having an older PC with N3150 processor, SSD, 16GB RAM, freshly installed Lubuntu, I can't install the skype snap, because every time I try

snap install skype

the installation aborts while skype postinstall procedures do something with fontinstall and checking all installed fonts with

<exceeded maximum runtime of 5m0s>

Which seems to be an arbitrarily chosen and hardcoded timelimit. I have not yet found any way in the documents about how to change that limit.

snap install --no-wait skype

which then made snap finish immediately and the skype snap appear, but I am not sure, whether the installation procedure has run, or has been aborted again and I just don't see it.

At least the documentation and the abort message should be somewhat more talkative about that. It is not a good condition if a regular package just can't installed the normal way and needs a "maybe try this"-workaround.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: snapd 2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-56.62-generic 5.15.64
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:06:55 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-21 (152 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
Snap.Changes: no changes found
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)