Can I launch the Snap store in WSL (Win 11)?

Question

I don't think WSL has Snap store by default? So I tried to install it using

sudo snap install snap-store

and I got the error:

error: cannot communicate with server: Post "http://localhost/v2/snaps/snap-store": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory

Edit:

It may be the solution is mentioned here. Specifically:

sudo systemctl start snapd

However this tells me:

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.

which from a quick google sounds like it can be enabled but doing so will mean my WSL is not so light-weight any more and thefore might be better to avoid it. Anyone able to help shed light on any of the above?

Answer 1

This error message is indicating that the snapd service is not running on the localhost. Snapd is a service that manages and interacts with snaps on Linux systems.

To resolve the issue, you can try restarting the snapd service on your system. You can do this by using the following command in a terminal:

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sudo systemctl restart snapd

If the service is still not running, you can try reinstalling the snapd package using the following command:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall snapd

If the issue persists, it may be helpful to check the logs for the snapd service to determine the cause of the issue. You can do this by using the following command:

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journalctl -u snapd