gentoo-overlay/app-emulation/snapd/files

*Security Alert*



Application confinement may be automatically disabled if snapd

fails to detect the required features. If you would like to disable

this automatic behavior, causing snapd to panic if its confinement

feature detection fails, then use this setting in package.use:



    app-emulation/snapd -forced-devmode



Use this command to enable the snapd service:



	systemctl enable snapd.socket



You can source /etc/profile.d/snapd.sh in your shell in order to

update PATH and XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variables to include

installed snaps.



Once you have snapd running (first refer to the *AppArmor Section*

below if you have that enabled), see the snap-store installation

instructions here:



	https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-store-app



If snap-store does not work correctly then it may be due to a temporary

service outage which will hopefully be reported on this page:



	https://status.snapcraft.io/



When snap-store is not working due to a service outage, it may still

be possible to install apps via the snap cli. See snap --help for

details. Many apps can be installed without a snap store (Ubuntu One)

account. The snap login, logout, and whoami subcommands are available

to manage snap store account details.



Note that you will need a polkit authentication agent running in

order to authenticate as root when installing snaps as a non-root user.

The agent is typically started by a desktop entry found in

/etc/xdg/autostart such as one of these:



	polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop

	polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1.desktop



*AppArmor Section*



When apparmor is enabled you should enable these services:



	systemctl enable apparmor.service snapd.apparmor.service



You also need it enabled in your kernel and you may need to add these

kernel parameters to your boot loader configuration:



	apparmor=1 security=apparmor



Refer here for more information about apparmor:



	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AppArmor