Snap fails to start on Ubuntu 16.04: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file

[thomasnordquist]

• Version: 20.44.1

• Target: snap

I tested with Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04, 18.04 runs just fine.

Application crashed on launch with:

/snap/core/6964/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I believe this to be an issue with the snap package size optimization with this pre-release @develar, I would have loved to fix it myself but I can't seem to find the snap templates.
Great work, by the way 👍

Ubuntu 16.04 has still long term support until April 2021, I think it's worth fixing it for 16.04.

May also be a duplicate of #3979

Workaround: downgrade to 20.43.0 and build the snap by hand.

[develar]

No doubt, Ubuntu 16 is fully supported version and I tested (and tests) results on it.

It is your https://github.com/thomasnordquist/MQTT-Explorer/blob/master/package.json project, right (so, you don't have stage packages and any custom)?

Where did you build — OS?

[develar]

BTW, have you updated Ubuntu 16 — sudo apt-get update -qq?

[thomasnordquist]

Building on travis (ubuntu 16.04)
And on my server ubuntu 18.04.

I tested with a ubuntu live-dvd (in VirtualBox).

What do you mean with "(so, you don't have stage packages and any custom)"?

I just removed my repackaging script and try again.

Ill also try sudo apt-get update -qq.

[thomasnordquist]

After installing ubuntu 16.04 (not using the live-dvd) with the latest packages the issue is resolved.

It appears I still need repackaging for the snapcraft review, I'll update #3608 with details.

Thanks for the fast response, I'd never guessed that a package upgrade would be the solution...