*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1620771 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620771
None of the workarounds work
cannot create user data directory: /home/ /snap/ /123: Not a directory
Snap is truly detrimental to Linux. Everything is implemented in an
insane way leading to unpatchable bugs like this that persist for
decades
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800
Title:
Unable to start snap applications if user's home directory is not
/home/$USER
Status in snapd:
Confirmed
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in lxd package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Users with home directories in /home/$USER can run snap application,
but users in /home/users/$USER can't.
nate@WorkstationC:~$ snap --version
snap 2.32.8+18.04
snapd 2.32.8+18.04
series 16
ubuntu 18.04
kernel 4.15.0-22-generic
nate@WorkstationC:~$ echo $HOME
/home/users/nate
nate@WorkstationC:~$ which hello-world
/snap/bin/hello-world
nate@WorkstationC:~$ hello-world
cannot create nate data directory: /home/users/nate/snap/hello-world/27:
Permission denied
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