Manual update of snap/snapd and core/ubuntu-core

[Jenny Murphy]

Hi Jamie,
Here is some more information as requested :

admin at localhost:~$ snap info core
name:      core
summary:   "snapd runtime environment"
publisher: canonical
description: |
  The core runtime environment for snapd
type:        core
tracking:    stable
installed:   16.04.1 (714) 79MB -
refreshed:   2016-12-16 04:28:38 +0000 UTC
channels:
  stable:    16.04.1 (714) 0B -
  candidate: 16.04.1 (714) 0B -
  beta:      16.04.1 (714) 0B -
  edge:      16.04.1 (870) 0B -

admin at localhost:~$ snap refresh
error: cannot refresh []: cannot refresh snap-declaration for
"stlouis-kernel": Get
https://assertions.ubuntu.com/v1/assertions/snap-declaration/16/0EawO5JYYJmNw9CmweMnyrwGgJxDUHag?max-format=1:
net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection (Client.Timeout
exceeded while awaiting headers)

admin at localhost:~$ snap list
Name             Version        Rev  Developer  Notes
bluez            5.37-2         15   canonical  -
core             16.04.1        714  canonical  -
gateway          2.0            x3              devmode
modem-manager    1.4.0-1        14   canonical  -
network-manager  1.2.2-10       73   canonical  -
snappy-debug     0.26           25   canonical  -
snapweb          0.21.2         24   canonical  -
stlouis          16.04-1.13     11   canonical  -
stlouis-kernel   4.4.0-57-1     7    canonical  -
tpm2             1.0-2.1        12   canonical  -
uefi-fw-tools    1.2-0.7.2+git  2    canonical  -


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On 11 January 2017 at 07:16, Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett at canonical.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jenny,
>
> On 09/01/17 at 10:28am, Jenny Murphy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  My query is related to a few of the recent discussions regarding
> versions,
> > releases and updates/
> >
> > I currently have a Snappy Ubuntu system as follows :
> >
> > snap --version gives the following result :
> >  snap    2.18.1
> >  snapd   2.18.1
> >  series  16
> >
> > more /etc/lsb-release yeilds :
> > DISTRIB_ID="Ubuntu Core"
> > DISTRIB_RELEASE=16
> > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Core 16
> >
> > And finally snap list yields :
> > core             16.04.1        641  canonical  --
> >
> > I don't see to be  getting any automatic updates which I don't mind about
> > as long as I could manually update.
> >
> > So just a few questions :
> >
> > 1. How can I update snap and snapd
>
> What happens when you type:
>
> $ snap info core
>
> Also, what happens when you type:
>
> $ snap refresh
>
> > 2. Is snap the front end to snapd ? Do they get updated together?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 3. Can I update snapd and not update ubuntu-core and core.
>
> On an Ubuntu Core system snapd is integral to the device, on a classic
> system
> snapd is an add-on package so in the former case the system and snapd are
> updated together.
>
> > 4. Should ubuntu-core and core be updated together also? From the
> previous
> > reply on this topic, it seems core is the framework and ubuntu-core is
> the
> > filesystem or is it vice versa?
>
> ubuntu-core is the old name for core. We renamed this to better reflect
> that
> other cores could be available that are not Ubuntu based. Do you have both
> of
> these installed on your system? In fact, can you give us a full output of:
>
> $ snap list
>
> > I know there are a lot of questions here but it is just a little bit
> >sn unclear to me at the moment. Maybe there are also some other users in
> the
> > same position.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jenny
> >
> >
> >
> > *Jenny Murphy*
> > *EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
> > jenny.murphy at episensor.com <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>  t | +353 (0) 61
> > 512 511  w | http://www.episensor.com
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*Jenny Murphy*
*EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
jenny.murphy at episensor.com <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>  t | +353 (0) 61
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