[Software] Latest Update to Package bubblewrap prevents some Flatpak apps from launching

[life0riley]

Latest Update to Package bubblewrap prevents some Flatpak apps from launching

I updated my system today in the terminal

sudo apt update

followed by

sudo apt full-upgrade

After the update I apptempted to launch Thunderbird Flatpak from the terminal to see if there is any output:

$ flatpak run org.mozilla.thunderbird
bwrap: Can't resolve /var/run/cups/cups.sock: Too many levels of symbolic links

I found this in my online search:
Flatpaks not launching: bwrap: Can't resolve /var/run/cups/cups.sock: Too many levels of symbolic links
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1569...ock-too-many-l

I see that bubblewrap was updated with my updates today:
Preparing to unpack …/05-bubblewrap_0.11.1-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb…
Unpacking bubblewrap (0.11.1-1ubuntu0.2) over (0.11.1-1ubuntu0.1)…

I followed the suggestion from ask Ubuntu and downgraded bubblewrap

sudo apt install bubblewrap=0.11.1-1ubuntu0.1

This downgraded bubblewrap from 0.11.1-1ubuntu0.2 to 0.11.1-1ubuntu0.1

Afterward I was able to successfully launch Thunderbird.

I have another Flatpak app, GnuCash, but it was not affected by the bubblewrap update.

I found this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...p/+bug/2167621

[roadrunner58]

Thanks for your file downgrade fix. After the update this afternoon I had the same problem with Firefox from Flatpak. My other computer would not open Firefox and Kate. After The Bubblewrap downgrade on both computers Kate and Firefox was opening again.

[jrwatts]

bubblewrap0.11.1-1ubuntu0.3 has been released to fix this issue (per the bug report linked above).