[Bug 1886414] Re: the chromium snap takes a long time to install without visible user feedback, seems stuck

[Nathan Teodosio]

** Patch added: "tty-snap-install.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1886414/+attachment/5835293/+files/tty-snap-install.diff

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Title:
  the chromium snap takes a long time to install without visible user
  feedback, seems stuck

Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  after an initial attemp to install where the progress got stuck at
  20%, i rebooted as there were a bunch of other system updates that had
  been applied after a fresh isntall.

  Now chromium wont install

  dantheperson at danski:~$ sudo apt install chromium-browser
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    chromium-browser
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 48.4 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 164 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 chromium-browser amd64 81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 [48.4 kB]
  Fetched 48.4 kB in 0s (1,527 kB/s)          
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 185728 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../chromium-browser_81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
  => Installing the chromium snap
  ==> Checking connectivity with the snap store
  ==> Installing the chromium snap
  error: snap "chromium" has "install-snap" change in progress
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-browser_81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-browser_81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: chromium-browser 81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
  AptOrdering:
   chromium-browser:amd64: Install
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Mon Jul  6 23:39:11 2020
  Dependencies:
   
  ErrorMessage: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-06 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
  PythonDetails: N/A
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
   apt  2.0.2ubuntu0.1
  SourcePackage: chromium-browser
  Title: package chromium-browser 81.0.4044.129-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: new chromium-browser package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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