ChromeOS: error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs": mount:

linux debian google-chrome-os crostini
user1592380 picture user1592380 · Mar 26, 2020 · Viewed 11.8k times · Source

I'm working with chromeos 80 and am using debian buster in crostini. I want to use the snap package manager. When I try:

~$sudo snap install hello-world
error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using "squashfs": mount:
   /tmp/sanity-mountpoint-962423259: mount failed: Operation not permitted.

How can I get this working?

Answer

kcreddy picture kcreddy · Jul 13, 2020

Try this way to install SNAPD

sudo apt install libsquashfuse0 squashfuse fuse 
sudo apt install snapd

Now select package name:

sudo snap install gimp

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