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I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.



I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.



It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)



Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post



To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.



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    I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.



    I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.



    It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)



    Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post



    To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.



    Thanks for your help










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      I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.



      I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.



      It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)



      Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post



      To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.



      Thanks for your help










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      I have read some tutorials about Snapcraft and snappy and I am really excited about it.



      I am using 16.04 and used snap find to find and install the ubuntu-calculator-app snap. But I don't know how to start it.



      It is neither in my Dash (Unity 7) nor in my path (using zsh)



      Also, I followed the instructions in this blog post



      To create a links snap and install it. But, again, I don't know how to start the app.



      Thanks for your help







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          Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.






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          • Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.

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            append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

            – noobninja
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          • Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

            – Marnix A. van Ammers
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          Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:



          ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator


          Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.






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            Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path.



            Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment



            If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.



            If it is a gui you can add it to your dash. See https://askubuntu.com/a/112812/846378.






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                append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

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                append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

                – noobninja
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              • Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

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              Just log out and log back in. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 16.04 development release you will not have /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.






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              • Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.

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                append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

                – noobninja
                Nov 5 '16 at 6:00











              • Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

                – Marnix A. van Ammers
                Sep 14 '17 at 20:17



















              • Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.

                – Alejandro Vera
                Apr 20 '16 at 16:51






              • 1





                append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

                – noobninja
                Nov 5 '16 at 6:00











              • Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

                – Marnix A. van Ammers
                Sep 14 '17 at 20:17

















              Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.

              – Alejandro Vera
              Apr 20 '16 at 16:51





              Great. If you can point me where in the documentation is that path it would be great.

              – Alejandro Vera
              Apr 20 '16 at 16:51




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              append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

              – noobninja
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              append PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin to end of ~/.bashrc file.

              – noobninja
              Nov 5 '16 at 6:00













              Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

              – Marnix A. van Ammers
              Sep 14 '17 at 20:17





              Logging out and in didn't do it for me. I had to manually add /snap/bin to my PATH in my .bashrc file.

              – Marnix A. van Ammers
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              Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:



              ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator


              Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.






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                Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:



                ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator


                Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.






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                  Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:



                  ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator


                  Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.






                  share|improve this answer















                  Essentially, as Zygmunt was saying. For completeness, the other alternative is to run the app from the command line:



                  ubuntu-calculator-app.calculator


                  Check out the documentation on how to get started with snaps on classic Ubuntu.







                  share|improve this answer














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                      Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path.



                      Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment



                      If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.



                      If it is a gui you can add it to your dash. See https://askubuntu.com/a/112812/846378.






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                        Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path.



                        Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment



                        If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.



                        If it is a gui you can add it to your dash. See https://askubuntu.com/a/112812/846378.






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                          Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path.



                          Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment



                          If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.



                          If it is a gui you can add it to your dash. See https://askubuntu.com/a/112812/846378.






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                          Snaps can be run with snap run, so for the example in the question snap run ubuntu-calculator-app. But that is annoying so it is better to add snaps to your path.



                          Snaps are not in your path by default on 16.04. They are stored in /snap/bin. Since snaps are a system-wide installation it would probably be best to add this directory to your system-wide path. This is done via /etc/environment. The following can break stuff, so you should backup the file before editing it sudo cp /etc/environment /etc/environment.bak. Use an editor with sudo to open /etc/environment, and add :/snap/bin to the end of the PATH entry. Make sure you restart your terminal or source /etc/environment



                          If that still doesn't work, you need to make sure your user .bashrc file has added /etc/environment to its sources. grep "source /etc/environment" ~/.bashrc will echo that line if it exists. If it doesn't echo "source /etc/evnironment" >> ~/.bashrc will add it.



                          If it is a gui you can add it to your dash. See https://askubuntu.com/a/112812/846378.







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