Snap package

Feature Requests
1

Are there any plans to create a ubuntu snap package.
This could be a nice out-of-the-box and up-to-date experience.

2

Building snaps is fairly easy, you could do it yourself. Have a look at this tutorial:

https://snapcraft.io/docs/build-snaps/

There is also a forum located here:

https://forum.snapcraft.io/

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3

Ok, I created one, here it is: https://uappexplorer.com/snap/ubuntu/home-assistant-escoand

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4

Ive installed your snap. I am new to home-assistant. The configuration.yaml file exists? I do not see it as I would in a standard ubuntu install. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

5

One basic functionality of all snap packages is that they are well separated from each other for security reasons. One step to reach this is there is a different filesystem structure.
The snap package itself is mounted at /snap/home-assistant-escoand/ and the configuration is always at /var/snap/home-assistant-escoand/current/. There needs to be all configurations.
If you need more information about snaps in general please look at http://snapcraft.io

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6

Thank you so much. I was looking under /snap/home-assistant-escoand. I was not looking under var. I have now tried it under various distributions without issue. For reference to someone using Solus, I works.

7

This may be a daft question, but how does one edit the config file on Ubuntu Core considering the sandboxing? Or have you only tested on Ubuntu proper?

8

Oh, sorry, I’ve forgotten your question. Ubuntu Core should be the same if I’m right. But I don’t use it anymore so I can’t test it. Maybe somebody else could give a reliable answer.

9

So I have installed HA via the snap package. How do I find the yaml config file?