Edited by Bazmundi at 2018-9-8 18:40

Having given up on the joke that was the Ubuntu CORE 16 for OPiZ I elected to try the debian server.  However, snapd install failed utterly on that (way too many errors during install which finally reported it was broken).

So, I downloaded the Ububntu Server for OPiZ and [https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install-ubuntu] installed snapd successfully (no errors reported during install).

However, snap does not run properly [https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/usage ].

root@OrangePI:~# snap find hello
error: cannot list snaps: cannot communicate with server: Get http://localhost/v2/find?q=hello&scope=wide: dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: connection refused
I will often get a "cannot resolve host OrangePI" message when running sudo from root.

On reboot I keep getting "[FAILED Failed to start Snappy daemon" nessage in console.

From shell, when I type "systemctl status snapd.service" it gives the following output:
Failed to issue method call: No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/snapd_2eservice

Edited by Bazmundi at 2018-9-8 18:40

So, Ubuntu is telling me OPiZ Ubuntu Server 14.04 is unofficial, unsupported and official 14.04 is about to have support dropped.

So Ubuntu CORE 16 does no work on OPiZ.  Ubuntu Server will install but not run snapd because it doesn't use systemd.

All in all, no reason to look at OPiZ and snap technology.
DO NOT BUY ORANGE PI ZERO FOR USE AS SNAP DEVICE!

Snap is junk anyway

We provide Bionic builds. A bit less crappy than official https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero/

Edited by Bazmundi at 2018-9-9 08:44

#igorpec

Snap is junk?

So I am finding, at least on OPiZ.

But, if I wanted to use snap, Armbian is also junk because snapd won't install on that either.

Or if I tried, and failed to install snapd on Armbian and needed support, someone on Armbian forum would want to talk off topic about what they know about some unrelated useless factiod.

To wit, rubber bands last longer if they are refrigerated.

Edited by igorpec at 2018-9-9 08:44

This is a general problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGdGQ7G473Q&t=2s

Snapd is a Canonical way of reinventing the wheel and they fail to do that. Nothing else.
We have general section, where such questions go: https://forum.armbian.com/forum/ ... -technical-support/ but of course you will not get my attention to solve the problem since I don't help Canonical with their stupid ideas.