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I am on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. When I go into the Ubuntu Store, I find that there are two updates ready for snapd and core. When I try to apply the updates, I get this error:

Unable to update snapd: snap has no updates available

I get the same error if I try to update core with snapd above replaced by core.

What I've done to solve the problem: I tried running sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade, which I didn't believe would solve the problem, but it was worth a try. It didn't work, as expected. I then typed up the error on the internet to see if that would help. I found nothing except this question on AskUbuntu by user preIdiot that is similar to mine but has no answers. I tried running the sudo snap refresh command suggested in one of the comments, and got All snaps up to date.

Honestly, I'm really confused at this point. The Ubuntu Store says there are updates, but snap says there are none. What is going on, and how can I fix it, if applicable?

I'm not sure if this will help, as the issue is software rather than hardware related, but posting my specs can't hurt, as provided by neofetch:

system specs

UPDATE: I'm not sure where I'm supposed to be making updates, but I'll do it here for now. The problem has disappeared on its own.

Pablo Bianchi
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Ubuntu users who use 20.04.4 LTS or later can use:

killall snap-store
Zanna
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EARTHIIAN
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Just type

snap refresh

and reopen Ubuntu Software

Pablo Bianchi
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Long Phan
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Open a terminal and type

killall gnome-software

You shouldn't need to use sudo.

On reopening Software it will re-index and should remove the problem.

reference to a similar issue

graham
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