Thank you for reply, Zygmunt! You can check this yourself. I have tested this on 16.04 LTS with all updates installed (see steps to reproduce above):
$ snap --version snap 2.31.1 snapd 2.31.1 series 16 ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.4.0-116-generic $ snap install notepadqq notepadqq 1.2.0-2 from 'danieleds' installed $ sudo notepadqq [sudo] password for me: mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied No protocol specified QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0.0 Aborted (core dumped) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751634 Title: Unable to launch program (installed as snap) as root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1751634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
