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Snap is no longer officially supported
The Snap packages of FSearch are no longer officially supported. I'm sorry for any inconvenience that comes with that decision.
Snap severally limits the functionality and usefulness of FSearch. For example
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Opening files doesn't work well: FSearch as a Snap application doesn't get the permission to read the default applications for file types and Snaps have unresolved issues with interacting with the system portal (a way to open files for sandboxed applications).
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Hidden folders can't be searched: Snap prevents applications from accessing hidden folders in your home folder (e.g.
~/.config
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USB drives can't be accessed by default: Snap prevents applications from accessing mounted removable storage in
/media
,/run/media
and/mnt
by default. This can be fixed by runningsudo snap connect fsearch:removable-media
in the terminal, but many users obviously won't know about that (even though it's mentioned on the app's store page).
A request to allow FSearch to circumvent those restrictions was denied. Because of those reasons I don't think Snap is the right way to distribute an application like FSearch and I will stop supporting the Snap packages.
If you want to continue using FSearch in a supported way, first remove the Snap package. You can do that either by using the Ubuntu Software center or by executing snap remove fsearch
in the terminal.
Then, if you are running Ubuntu or a derivative (like Xubuntu or Linux Mint), the preferred way to install FSearch is with the official PPA. To do so simply run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:christian-boxdoerfer/fsearch-stable && sudo apt update && sudo apt install fsearch
All other ways to install FSearch are described here.