Receiving the error: snapd.snap-repair.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it

Solution 1:

I also had the same problem and I solved it like this:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo apt purge snapd
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt install snapd

Solution 2:

Workaround for Ubuntu 18.10:

sudo dpkg -r snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Solution 3:

I just noticed the same thing. Fresh install.

And as I'm writing this, the installation just continued after about 10 minutes.

I don't know what the update process was waiting for, but patience resolved the issue.

Solution 4:

I ended up with this issue on the ubunt 20.04 pre-release.

For me, sudo service snapd stop made apt able to finish the upgrade. Might not work on other releases though...