Bug 494738 - snap and / or Flatpak checkbox in Discover settings is greyed out and unchecked despite the package being installed
Summary: snap and / or Flatpak checkbox in Discover settings is greyed out and uncheck...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.1.5
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-10-14 12:07 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2025-12-19 21:53 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description Patrick Silva 2024-10-14 12:07:44 UTC 
SUMMARY
Snap backend is enabled on my neon unstable (Snap packages are included in the search results), but "Snap" checkbox is greyed out and unchecked in Settings page.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open Discover
2. click on "Settings" in the left side
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
"Snap" checkbox is greyed out and unchecked

EXPECTED RESULT
"Snap" checkbox should not be greyed out and it should reflect the state of snap backend correctly

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-03-07 19:11:24 UTC 
I verified this behavior on KDE Neon Testing

In Discover settings, the snap checkbox was greyed out
Snaps show up in the Discover search results, but the snapd package is shown as not installed.
The settings don't show anything for Missing Backends
The snapd package was installed according to apt (snapd/noble-updates 2.66.1+24.04)

I could not replicate the problem in Kubuntu 24.04. The snapd package is shown as installed in Discover, and the checkbox is checked (but greyed out).

I saw similar behavior in Kubuntu 24.10 (Discover 6.1.5)
Both snap and flatpak were unchecked and greyed out. There is no other source for software.
Nothing was set to default.
snapd *was* correctly listed as installed in discover, as was flatpak
apt shows both flatpak and snapd installed




??? This looks like a packaging issue, moving this to the Neon group.
Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-03-07 19:11:53 UTC 
Nevermind the comment about Neon packaging, I meant to remove that.
Comment 3 Luteo 2025-12-19 21:53:22 UTC 
Same thing in Discover 6.4.5. I'm running kubuntu 25.10. I have issues only with snap though. Flatpak checkbox works fine.