Problem removing a snap

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

Hi Chris,

Can you please try updating your snapd package?

Recent releases have a more reliable remove procedure that handles these
cases better.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> I went to remove a snap, viking-gps, and it just sat there doing
> nothing. I did a CTRL-C to stop the process. So, running snap changes
> showed me
>
> 343  Doing   2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  -                     Remove
> "viking-gps" snap
>
> Then running snap change 343, since it was still running I get:
>
> chris at localhost:/snap/viking-gps/1$ snap change 343
> Status  Spawn                 Ready                 Summary
> Done    2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  2016-11-02T17:22:14Z  Stop snap "viking-
> gps" services
> Done    2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  2016-11-02T17:22:16Z  Make snap "viking-
> gps" unavailable to the system
> Done    2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  2016-11-02T17:22:19Z  Remove security
> profile for snap "viking-gps" (1)
> Done    2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  2016-11-02T17:22:21Z  Remove data for
> snap "viking-gps" (1)
> Doing   2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  -                     Remove snap
> "viking-gps" (1) from the system
> Do      2016-11-02T17:22:13Z  -                     Discard interface
> connections for snap "viking-gps" (1)
>
> ......................................................................
> Remove snap "viking-gps" (1) from the system
>
> 2016-11-02T14:47:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T14:50:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T14:53:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T14:56:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T14:59:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T15:02:01-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T15:06:47-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T15:09:49-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T15:12:50-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
> 2016-11-02T15:15:51-05:00 ERROR cannot remove snap file "viking-gps",
> will retry in 3 mins: umount: /snap/viking-gps/1: not mounted
>
> The above tells me that all has been done except removing the snap and
> discarding the interface. I ran sudo snap abort 343 which stopped it.
> However the snap still showed up in /snap but was empty. I took a
> drastic step and just rmdir the folder under viking-gps and viking-gps
> itself. When I run sudo snap list it still shows up.
>
> chris at localhost:/snap$ sudo snap list
> Name                 Version         Rev  Developer    Notes
> blender-tpaw         2.78-tpaw0      2    tpaw         -
> directpdf            0.1.4           8    normex       devmode
> krita                3.0.1.1-snap16  8    krita        -
> pencilsheep          5               5    pencilsheep  -
> snapweb              0.21.2          24   canonical    -
> speed-test           1.7.0.1         2    bartaz       -
> ubuntu-core          16.04.1         423  canonical    -
> vice-jz              2.4.27-2        4    jz           -
> viking-gps                           1    chihchun     disabled,broken
> wallpaperdownloader  2.3             5    egarcia      -
>
> What snap command do I use to totally remove it from the list of snaps
> on my system?
>
> --
> Chris
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gustavo @ http://niemeyer.net
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