snap-store unable to remove installed apps

[corradoventu]

snap-store unable to remove installed applications
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
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/+bug/1882417

[#&thj^%]

Dose the terminal work?

sudo snap remove $package
Sorry not much help with GUI's anymore CLI is how I drive 90% of my applications.
Also sometimes a re-install works:

sudo snap install snap-store
Now check with:

snap-store
form your terminal, copy and paste anything that might help.

[GhX6GZMB]

This says everything about snap. Remove the thing.

[Dennis N]

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
The bug report shows you have edge channel enabled for snap-store. Correct? It's highest risk. Maybe you should use stable version. I'm confused by the .deb reference. My snap-store only shows installed snaps in the installed tab. Nothing installed from a .deb package appears here.


dmn@Sydney-VM:~$ snap list | grep snap-store
snap-store 3.31.1+git187.84b64e0b 415 latest/stable canonical* -

[#&thj^%]

Nice catch Dennis N...

snap-store 20200414.ac9047f 375 latest/edge canonical✓

[corradoventu]

The problem happens trying remove .deb packages, not snap.
I have the snap-store automatically installed by Ubuntu, nothing else.
To remove .deb packages i can do with terminal or synaptic or gnome-software,
I don't need snap-store but sometimes i try snap-store just for the sadistic pleasure of finding bugs .
I only opened this thread to report the problem hoping that someone will try and in case subscribe to my bug.

[Dennis N]

I recently installed snap-store again (version shown in post #4, latest stable channel version) on Ubuntu 20.04. It will not display any .deb package versions of software - installed or uninstalled. There is no package browsing possible by categories. Only the search works.

Screenshot 1: search for libreoffice. The only result is the snap version. There is no selector for .deb packages as in gnome-software. That's why I am confused by your mention of .deb operations in snap store.
Screenshot 2: the installed list. Only snap packages show.

And are you running Ubuntu 20.04? Try the current snap-store stable channel version.

[corradoventu]

I know, here another bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/+bug/1874966

[Dennis N]

I know, here another bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store/+bug/1874966
The lack of browsing categories is a missing feature that needs to be added to the current stable version. But, I do prefer that the snap-store handles snaps only. I think that's a good idea.

EDIT: Later this same day, Snap Store now shows categories for browsing. But the snap-store package appears not to have been updated - same version (415). Anyway, it shows Snap packages only. And as before, only Snap packages appear in Installed tab.