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I am using Ubuntu 21.04 and I just installed ElectronPlayer but it is not launching. So, I tried to launch it with terminal by typing electronplayer but it gave me error

gtk-warning **: 01:10:18.304: cannot open display: :0

And if I do sudo electronplayer, I get

mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied
Kulfy
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Try updating your snap package.

To update snap package follow these steps from Zygmunt's answer on How can I update all Snap packages?

sudo snap refresh

Will do this. It is part of snapd 2.0.8, which landed 2016-06-13 in xenial-updates.

snap refresh --list

Only lists the updates without refreshing the packages.

snap info <snap name>

Can show which versions are available for a particular package.

Kulfy
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imposter
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Here is a potential fix for this error as of Ubuntu 22.04 that worked for me.

  • Be sure to remove the stable version with:
    sudo snap remove electronplayer

  • Open the Ubuntu Software app and find ElectronPlayer.

  • On the "Source" dropdown at the upper right area, select the latest/beta version 2.0.8 (or whatever the most recent version is).

That should work.

Alternatively, you can get the Version 2.0.8 package and install it yourself. Or check ElectronPlayer release for the most recent version if this is outdated.

From the ElectronPlayer release:

If you installed any previous versions of 2.0.8 please update to this one as the previous ones have problems due to me releasing them in a rush.

Also take a look at The Pain of Widevine in the README. It may be a good reason to use the most recent beta version if stable is not working for you.

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