[SOLVED / FIXED ] snapd error: cannot communicate with server: Post http://localhost/v2/snaps/core

Error:

error: cannot communicate with server: Post http://localhost/v2/snaps/core

Solution / Fix:

To fix that check if snap is running by

systemctl status snapd

If below is the result:

● snapd.service - Snap Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2022-04-14 06:50:30 +04; 1 day 14h ago
  Process: 4577 ExecStart=/usr/lib/snapd/snapd (code=killed, signal=TERM)
 Main PID: 4577 (code=killed, signal=TERM)

That means it has stopped due to some reason

to fix that just restart the snap again.

systemctl start snapd

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