No option to disable automatic firefox update. | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 4:38 PM

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Won't this create problem for arch-pacman? Firefox updating itself in background.

Previously there was option to automatically downlaod the update but not install it and i used that and only updated firefox using pacman.

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No option to disable automatic firefox update.

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 6:45 PM

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the screenshot just shows notification for updates

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 6:58 PM

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Yea Firefox couldn’t even update without permission even if it wanted to

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:52 PM

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timid bobcat the screenshot just shows notification for updates

previously there used to be checkbox to disable automatic installation of update..

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The thing is, when i was using firefox i got a notfication that firefox update was succesfully installed

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and just few seconds after that , firefox told me to restart firefox and webpages weren't loading

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 7:53 PM

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well, did you pacman -Syu?

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or is your gui package manager frontend set to automatically update?

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:54 PM

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timid bobcat well, did you `pacman -Syu`?

at the time when i got notification no update was running ...

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:54 PM

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timid bobcat or is your gui package manager frontend set to automatically update?

no only hyprland and some minimial softwares

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so i explicitly ran pacman

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and there was update for firefox in pacman

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 7:54 PM

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final breach at the time when i got notification no update was running ...

Was it run in the last few minutes?

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 7:54 PM

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you installed firefox from the arch repo right?

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:55 PM

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sinful meadow Was it run in the last few minutes?

no

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:55 PM

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timid bobcat you installed firefox from the arch repo right?

yes

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maybe it was false positive or some .. or a bug

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 7:55 PM

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you didn't sudo firefox did you?

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:55 PM

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sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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timid bobcat you didn't sudo firefox did you?

Oh god I didn’t think of that

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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timid bobcat you didn't sudo firefox did you?

no not that noob, i launched using rofi

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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sinful meadow Oh god I didn’t think of that

is there a way to verify

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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final breach no not that noob, i launched using rofi

Is your WM being run as root?

final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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sinful meadow Is your WM being run as root?

no

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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then it doesn't make sense

firefox has no write perms to /usr since its run as user

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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Yea

timid bobcat Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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it cannot update itself

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 7:56 PM

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sinful meadow Yea Firefox couldn’t even update without permission even if it wanted to

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final breach Oct 10, 2023, 7:57 PM

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weird then...

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i was talking about this checkbox

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this is firefox based precustomized browser .. just for reference

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so i thought maybe firefox did something on there end to force update

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lets leave it maybe i was some weird bug...

sinful meadow Oct 10, 2023, 8:07 PM

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Well it would’ve been helpful to know you were using whatever this Floorp thing is

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How is this installed?

#No option to disable automatic firefox update.