[00:35] <dragon_> Is there a way to stop the firefox update prompts 
[00:35] <dragon_> I get them all the time, every few minutes
[00:36] <teward> every few *minutes*?  What update prompts are you seeing?  how is Firefox installed?
[00:36] <teward> if you are talking about the snap update thing, then close all firefox windows, run `sudo snap refresh` on the command line, and then reopen Firefox when that's done, and the notices go away
[00:37] <dragon_> Firefox is default in lubuntu, and the updates are through update manager (apply full upgrade under preferances)
[00:37] <teward> which Lubuntu version?
[00:37] <dragon_> FF is my prefered browser, 
[00:37] <dragon_> 22.10
[00:38] <teward> in 22.10, Firefox is installed through snap by default, did you install Firefox through a PPA or some other mechanism?
[00:38] <teward> (therefore my statement about snap updates applies)
[00:38] <dragon_> not sure about the mintues, but several times a day. It seems like I close the tiny warning window and before too long it is there again. 
[00:39] <teward> dragon_: close all firefox windows.  open the terminal.  run `sudo snap refresh`.  it'll ask for your password, enter it (it won't show anything though).  Press enter, let the update process run.  then reopen Firefox
[00:39] <teward> it should make those messages disappear.
[00:39] <dragon_> No, I have kept the original, and the pop up window is  a snap thing
[00:39] <teward> since 22.04, all Ubuntu flavors - Lubuntu included - are forced to use Firefox as a snap by default, and it does have a slightly more annoying update process now as `snapd` under the hood can't update Firefox while it's used.
[00:40] <teward> dragon_: so, follow the steps I just said to run?
[00:40] <dragon_> all snaps up to date
[00:40] <arraybolt3> Then you didn't close the Firefox window first.
[00:40] <arraybolt3> (Most likely.)
[00:40] <teward> ^^
[00:41] <teward> **ALL** firefox windows everywhere must be closed.
[00:41] <teward> `sudo killall firefox` on the command line will do that
[00:41] <dragon_> haha, I got, "pending update of firefox snap" Close the app to avoid disruptions (11 days left)
[00:41] <teward> dragon_: you didn't close firefox then.  `sudo killall firefox` then run `sudo snap refresh`
[00:41] <teward> then when it completes and says all up to date then reopen Firefox and it should stop complaining.  at least until the next Firefox snap update
[00:43] <dragon_> you were right, a ff window was  left open
[00:44] <teward> yep.  dragon_ in the future it's the same process - close ALL firefox windows, run `sudo killall firefox` to make sure, then `sudo snap refresh`
[00:44] <teward> whenever you start getting those prompts it's because Firefox can't update while running :)
[00:45] <dragon_> I have never done the snap refresh 
[00:45] <dragon_> just ran the basic upgrade manager 
[00:45] <teward> yeah unfortunately snaps can be a pain
[00:45] <teward> Update Manager doesn't always catch the snaps
[00:45] <arraybolt3> I think our usual "Apply Full Upgrade" thingy doesn't handle Snap updates.
[00:45] <teward> and *can't* determine if you're running Firefox still or not.
[00:45] <dragon_> I just need to be aware of it
[00:45] <teward> it may queue the snap update at the very least, but `snapd` under the hood handles it
[00:45] <teward> yep!
[00:46] <dragon_> Thanks for the help, I have wondered about that one for some time
 yeah, it's one of the things that became a concern in the 22.04 devel cycle for everyone, and not a new thing I've seen as people see the issues and complain (myself included, but i'm a developer and power user so)