Opera snap does not launch after last update (18/01/2025)

paolocrosetto

paolocrosetto

On Ubuntu 24.10
Automatic snap Opera update happened, as it usually does. I have also installed other snaps recently, including a couple that needed to pull some gnome new stuff. Asked me to close Opera so that it could be updated. I did.

Now Opera does no launch.

I get

Content snap command-chain for /snap/opera/353/gnome-platform/command-chain/desktop-launch not found: ensure slot is connected

I understand from googling around that this is a problem with the dependencies of different snaps.

Opera is sill there:

paolo@dell5480:~$ snap info opera
name:      opera
summary:   Fast, secure, easy-to-use browser
publisher: Opera (opera-software✓)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/opera
license:   unset
description: |
  Try the Opera browser - now with a built-in ad blocker, battery saver and free VPN.
commands:
  - opera
snap-id:      AljMvoQbHtnnrka00lIoxHJ6Qhfn0X8m
tracking:     latest/stable
refresh-date: yesterday at 18:19 CET
channels:
  latest/stable:    116.0.5366.35 2025-01-16 (353) 181MB -
  latest/candidate: ↑                                    
  latest/beta:      ↑                                    
  latest/edge:      116.0.5366.35 2025-01-16 (353) 181MB -
installed:          116.0.5366.35            (353) 181MB -

Things I tried (with no result):

sudo apt install snap --reinstall

also, thanks to yesterday's new snap installations, I have now installed these three versions of gnome dependencies snap

gnome-3-28-1804              3.28.0-19-g98f9e67.98f9e67   198    latest/stable    canonical✓       -
gnome-42-2204                0+git.510a601                176    latest/stable/…  canonical✓       -
gnome-46-2404                0+git.7d0cf36                66     latest/stable    canonical✓       -

I know I could just move to Opera from apt rather than from snap -- I hate snaps -- but I do have all my daa saved on the snap opera, no sure I'd retrieve it if I move to .deb opera?

thanks