Bug 509781

Summary:	Snaps are not shown in Discover on KDE Linux
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	Dziadulewicz <dziadulewicz>
Component:	Snap Backend	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol, kdedev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	KDE Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Dziadulewicz 2025-09-22 12:49:04 UTC

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SUMMARY
Flatpak installation and searching from Flathub is in place right from Discover, now that i read the great news of having Snap support for even more wider software availability, could a simple "Add Source" button (+) be added to add Snap Store app availability as software source?

Me amongst many people use software as snaps (not available or working correctly by flatpak). Snap tech is also more versatile generally than flatpak. Both have their place for great new user experience for software availability.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT
Can't search snaps from Snap Store by default.

EXPECTED RESULT
Wished to find also snaps when searching (as in KDE neon apparently already)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-09-22 16:38:44 UTC

Thanks for filing this bug report. Unfortunately there isn't enough information for us to try to figure out what's happening. Please add information about your system as requested in the bug report template. Copy and paste this with the information into a new comment.

If you're running KDE Linux, it should have snaps available in Discover. If you have another disto installed, this might be a setup issue with that distro or a bug.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version:

Comment 2 Dziadulewicz 2025-09-23 17:47:57 UTC

(In reply to TraceyC from comment #1)
> Thanks for filing this bug report. Unfortunately there isn't enough
> information for us to try to figure out what's happening. Please add
> information about your system as requested in the bug report template. Copy
> and paste this with the information into a new comment.
> 
> If you're running KDE Linux, it should have snaps available in Discover. If
> you have another disto installed, this might be a setup issue with that
> distro or a bug.
> 
> SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> Linux/KDE Plasma: 
> KDE Plasma Version: 
> KDE Frameworks Version: 
> Qt Version:

Yes, i'm using KDE Linux and all versions are apparently the latest (assumingly as KDE Linux - installed from raw image couple of days ago). What more information could i share? Because i searched for Steam and Firefox on Discover and the result was that only a flatpak packages were found / installable. Am i missing something? Where is the possible snap option for package to install after search results? I could install Firefox and Steam snaps from terminal, though. Should i send screen shots?

Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-09-23 22:30:28 UTC

Thanks for confirming that you're running KDE Linux. Snaps aren't currently exposed in the GUI yet. Please see
https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux

Under "Governance & policies"
Snap will remain pre-installed and available for expert usage, though not exposed in the GUI or formally supported. See https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux/-/issues/96

KDE Linux is still only available in the Testing edition, because it's not yet fully complete. See https://kde.org/linux/ . As such, expect that things might be missing. You should still be able to install snaps from command line, the wiki page says that it's pre-installed.

Comment 4 Dziadulewicz 2025-09-24 11:05:16 UTC

(In reply to TraceyC from comment #3)
> Thanks for confirming that you're running KDE Linux. Snaps aren't currently
> exposed in the GUI yet. Please see
> https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux
> 
> Under "Governance & policies"
> Snap will remain pre-installed and available for expert usage, though not
> exposed in the GUI or formally supported. See
> https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux/-/issues/96
> 
> KDE Linux is still only available in the Testing edition, because it's not
> yet fully complete. See https://kde.org/linux/ . As such, expect that things
> might be missing. You should still be able to install snaps from command
> line, the wiki page says that it's pre-installed.

Ok! Thing is crystal clear then - one should wait for the development to reach the point of also Snap package foundation on Discover store in addition to Flatpaks.

Comment 5 Dziadulewicz 2025-09-24 11:07:37 UTC

Of course; as soon as the Snap backend and merge to Discover itself is initially planted - we could start to test on it and giving reports =)

Comment 6 TraceyC 2025-09-24 16:51:32 UTC

(In reply to Dziadulewicz from comment #5)
> Of course; as soon as the Snap backend and merge to Discover itself is
> initially planted - we could start to test on it and giving reports =)

We appreciate your help!