Snap integration in Qubes OS templates

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In the same kind of guide about using flatpak in templates, I wrote one explaining how to use snap in templates

This is different than How to install software | Qubes OS explaining how to install snap in a template to allow AppVM to persistently install snaps in their own storage.

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Cannot start store GUI

I did everything like in the description and double checked every step. (content in files, is ist executable, etc)

But at step 2.5 an error messages occure.

After: snap install snap-store, the following error appears:
error: unable to contact snap store

What am I doing wrong and how is the solution?

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Please give some context, which template? What did you install? What did you type?

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I cloned a “fedora-42-xfce” template, which I used to install snap store.
I followed your instruction from this website Solene'% : Snap integration in Qubes OS templates step by step. I checked every command, check every file twice, made files executable, etc.

But after step 2.5 nothing happened, except error messages.

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Hi, I solved the problem.

In this line: ```
snap set system proxy.https=“http://127.0.0.1:8082/” => I typed …https="https…

Now I was able to install snap store.

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I have another issue and maybe you have a solution for me.

After I started snap store, I installed “Signal Messenger”. It took some time but it finished finally the installation process. I could start Signal on the command line with “snap run signal-desktop”.

BUT in the application list of the template Signal did not appear. I started the laptop but this did not change solved the problem.

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Check that there is no typo in the 2.4 part. And also:

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Hi @solene,

Thank you very much for this great guide. It helped me a lot!

I think I saw one typo in the guide at section 2.4. There you use /usr/local /sbin/ sync-snap.sh as well as /usr/local /bin/ sync-snap.sh. I think it has to be /bin/ for all of them right?