# ThinLinc on Ubuntu 22.04 refuses to open Snap apps saying "cannot open display"

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**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** ubuntu, tlserver\
**Created:** [13 July 2022 18:29 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-on-ubuntu-22-04-refuses-to-open-snap-apps-saying-cannot-open-display/401 "2022-07-13T18:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![VirusABC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/34f0e0/32.png) [@VirusABC](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/VirusABC)\
**Post date:** [13 July 2022 19:27 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-on-ubuntu-22-04-refuses-to-open-snap-apps-saying-cannot-open-display/401/4 "2022-07-13T19:27:25Z")

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Just a note @aaron : running

> apt remove snapd

will remove Snap and all installed software through it… but

> apt install firefox

will install snap and will install firefox from snap… The way would be to download the .deb package from the website I think.

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