Ubuntu Software: Unable to install app [duplicate]
Solution 1:
This sort of issue can happen when one of two situations happen:
- Snap is doing something in the background
- The Internet connection is inconsistent
You can check the first item by opening a terminal and running snap changes, which may give you a list that looks like this:
555 Doing 2021-06-19T09:12:11Z - Install "cookies" snap
556 Doing 2021-06-19T09:12:12Z - Update "milk" snap
If you think something is taking too long or blocking other processes, you can end a snap process like this:
sudo snap abort 555
After this you may find snaps install without first complaining. However, if the network connection is unstable, a snap install may fail to connect to the snap store to download the application. This will result in an error, but the install request is now queued and may successfully connect and download a few seconds later.
If the issue is intermittent, it could be either possible situations. If the issue is consistent, it’s probably the second item.