How to run a command in a snap package
I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.
I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.
It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)
Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post
To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.
Thanks for your help
ubuntu-core 16.04 calculator snap
edited Apr 21 '16 at 13:06
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I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.
I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.
It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)
Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post
To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.
Thanks for your help
ubuntu-core 16.04 calculator snap
edited Apr 21 '16 at 13:06
David Planella
11.5k662123
asked Apr 20 '16 at 15:09
Alejandro VeraAlejandro Vera
1,30721218
add a comment |
I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.
I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.
It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)
Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post
To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.
Thanks for your help
ubuntu-core 16.04 calculator snap
edited Apr 21 '16 at 13:06
David Planella
11.5k662123
asked Apr 20 '16 at 15:09
Alejandro VeraAlejandro Vera
1,30721218
I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.
I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.
It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)
Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post
To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.
Thanks for your help
ubuntu-core 16.04 calculator snap
ubuntu-core 16.04 calculator snap
edited Apr 21 '16 at 13:06
David Planella
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asked Apr 20 '16 at 15:09
Alejandro VeraAlejandro Vera
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edited Apr 21 '16 at 13:06
David Planella
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Alejandro VeraAlejandro Vera
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David Planella
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David Planella
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Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
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Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
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appendPATH=$PATH:/snap/binto end of~/.bashrcfile.
– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify$PATHin.profileor.bash_profile, not in.bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.
– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
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Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:
ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator
Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
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Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path. If the app is a gui, once you open it you can right-click on the launcher icon and select add to dash.
Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment
If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.
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Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
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Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
2
appendPATH=$PATH:/snap/binto end of~/.bashrcfile.
– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify$PATHin.profileor.bash_profile, not in.bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.
– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
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Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
11.5k662123
answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
1,711167
Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
2
appendPATH=$PATH:/snap/binto end of~/.bashrcfile.
– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify$PATHin.profileor.bash_profile, not in.bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.
– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
add a comment |
Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
11.5k662123
answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
1,711167
Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
11.5k662123
answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
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edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
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edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
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edited Apr 25 '16 at 11:08
David Planella
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11.5k662123
answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
1,711167
answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:38
Zygmunt KrynickiZygmunt Krynicki
1,711167
1,711167
Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
2
appendPATH=$PATH:/snap/binto end of~/.bashrcfile.
– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify$PATHin.profileor.bash_profile, not in.bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.
– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
add a comment |
Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
2
appendPATH=$PATH:/snap/binto end of~/.bashrcfile.
– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify$PATHin.profileor.bash_profile, not in.bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.
– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.
– Alejandro Vera
Apr 20 '16 at 16:51
2
2
append
PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
append
PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.– noobninja
Nov 5 '16 at 6:00
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.
– Marnix A. van Ammers
Sep 14 '17 at 20:17
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify
$PATH in .profile or .bash_profile, not in .bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
@MarnixA.vanAmmers You should modify
$PATH in .profile or .bash_profile, not in .bashrc; see How to correctly add a path to PATH?.– Franklin Yu
Mar 8 at 15:05
add a comment |
Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:
ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator
Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
David PlanellaDavid Planella
11.5k662123
add a comment |
Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:
ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator
Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
David PlanellaDavid Planella
11.5k662123
add a comment |
Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:
ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator
Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
David PlanellaDavid Planella
11.5k662123
Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:
ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator
Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
David PlanellaDavid Planella
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 16:22
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Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path. If the app is a gui, once you open it you can right-click on the launcher icon and select add to dash.
Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment
If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.
answered Feb 17 at 5:21
David WarnkeDavid Warnke
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Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path. If the app is a gui, once you open it you can right-click on the launcher icon and select add to dash.
Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment
If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.
answered Feb 17 at 5:21
David WarnkeDavid Warnke
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add a comment |
Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path. If the app is a gui, once you open it you can right-click on the launcher icon and select add to dash.
Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment
If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.
answered Feb 17 at 5:21
David WarnkeDavid Warnke
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Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path. If the app is a gui, once you open it you can right-click on the launcher icon and select add to dash.
Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment
If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.
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