Snapd won't install on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

[The_Budget_Gamer]

I can't get snap to work on an Ubuntu 16.04 vps. I get this output when trying to install:

 The following NEW packages will be installed:
  

snapd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 65.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 snapd amd64 2.42.1 [13.2 MB]
Fetched 13.2 MB in 2s (5204 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package snapd.
(Reading database ... 71733 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../snapd_2.42.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking snapd (2.42.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up snapd (2.42.1) ...
snapd.failure.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
snapd.snap-repair.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.

When trying to install the hello-world snap it gives me this error:

snap install hello-world
error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using
       "squashfs": mount: /tmp/sanity-mountpoint-948900179: mount failed:
       Unknown error -1

I have looked everywhere for a solution but for the life of me have not been able to find one.

[Koeshi]

You might find this thread useful: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/system-does-not-fully-support-snapd/14767/6

 

One of the quickest things to test is that this can be caused by not rebooting the system after installing Snap.  Other than that, just try looking through what is suggested in that thread.