Public bug reported: I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 with the new snap version of Chromium a week or two ago
On starting my system today, I found that Chromium had disappeared from the launcher and wasn't even in the apps list. using the command 'chromium' didn't work either, giving me the message that chromium wasn't installed. "You can install it using snap install chromium". Then when I try to install it, I get the message "chromium is already installed". After about 10 minutes of digging around, I discovered that the chromium snap was disabled. I couldn't enable it because it was being refreshed. Come on! this is unacceptable behaviour for any tool but especially a browser which must be one of the most heavily used applications on Ubuntu. This will really hit the reputation of ubuntu with any user who has to take maybe more than 10 minutes to discover the problem, or may never discover it - Chromium may just mysteriously reappear some time later. Desired behaviour: Never disappear. Allow refresh to happen under the covers, transparently (as it used to with apt). Minimally acceptable behaviour: never disappear, but display a message "chromium is being refreshed. Please try later". $ snap info chromium name: chromium summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome publisher: Canonical✓ contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap license: unset description: | An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. commands: - chromium.chromedriver - chromium snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R tracking: stable channels: stable: 78.0.3904.70 2019-10-29 (920) 160MB - candidate: 78.0.3904.70 2019-10-29 (920) 160MB - beta: 78.0.3904.70 2019-10-22 (907) 165MB - edge: 79.0.3941.4 2019-10-21 (905) 159MB - installed: 78.0.3904.70 (917) 167MB disabled ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850282 Title: Chromium disappears from system on refresh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1850282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
