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I have noticed several applications that I installed from either Ubuntu Software or snap directly, don't work. I use Ubuntu 20.04, which I assume can be part of the problem.

I downloaded Space from Jetbrains and Standard Notes from these locations and I can not get them to work. When I use their commands in a terminal they do not do anything and when I try to start them with sudo, I get:

mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied

I am really lost with this one, as I am unable to find similar cases on the internet. I assume the problem could also be in the display drivers, but I remember that Standard Notes just stopped working one day. I did not changed anything about the display drivers, so I do not know what the problem can be.

Julian van Santen
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This directory you mentioned is only for Root access.

Try:

sudo su
# Enter your password
Sudo apt-get #program-name

And,

If you want to put your user into the sudo Group you can use this command in Root Mode:

usermod -aG sudo #username

For more details, Please check this;

Reference

How To Add User To Sudoers & Add User To Sudo Group On Ubuntu

Ahmed
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  • The problem lies in the fact that I am unable to launch programs installed via snap. apt packages work just fine. There are applications that do not work, no matter how I install them. These applications just do not start when I try to open them. When I type standard-notes in the console for example, nothing happens. When I type sudo standard-notes, I get the folder that cannot be created. – Julian van Santen Oct 23 '20 at 10:06
  • Have you tried to run them in the `root` mode? – Ahmed Oct 24 '20 at 19:26