[Bug 2061017] Re: lxd-installer: permission error not handled and lxd snap not installed

[Nick Rosbrook]

For the record, the permission error makes sense given the
SocketUser=root SocketGroup=lxd in lxd-installer.socket. I just think it
would be nice if the error was handled gracefully and explained to the
user, rather than having the command hang for a while.

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Title:
  lxd-installer: permission error not handled and lxd snap not installed

Status in lxd-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On a fresh install of 24.04 server on Raspberry Pi, I ran 'lxc list'
  without having the lxd snap installed already. There was an attempt to
  install the snap, but it failed, and the snap needed to be manually
  installed:

  nr at pi5:~$ lxc list
  Installing LXD snap, please be patient.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
  /usr/sbin/lxc: 12: exec: /snap/bin/lxc: not found

  More details:

  nr at pi5:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
  PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)"
  NAME="Ubuntu"
  VERSION_ID="24.04"
  VERSION="24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
  VERSION_CODENAME=noble
  ID=ubuntu
  ID_LIKE=debian
  HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
  SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
  BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
  PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
  UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
  LOGO=ubuntu-logo
  nr at pi5:~$ apt policy lxd-installer
  lxd-installer:
    Installed: 4
    Candidate: 4
    Version table:
   *** 4 500
          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble/main arm64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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