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    Smile can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    hello
    i've trying to update it. but i get the message that i attached below..

    i've already tried to reboot. but it is in the same state..

    BTW
    i'm not an advanced user........


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    my desktop computer is with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    The problem is that the Appstore can't update programs that are currently running and that of course means it can't update itself. So you need to close it. This only removes the window, the program stays running. So next you need to actually stop it, which should be done from the command line with 'pkill snap-store'. So now you can tell snap to refresh the snap-store package with the command 'snap refresh snap-store'.

    Holger

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    done. thank you!!
    but why it does not closes itself?
    why do i need to kill and then update it?

    it is very confusing for those who want up to date software but are not familiar with that.........
    my desktop computer is with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    The snap store is based on gnome-software which behaves the same. The idea here is that gnome software takes a long time to start up since it always checks all the sources of software for any updates or new entries. By staying active in the background it can keep on doing these updates in the background so that it opens instantly when you start it again (basically if you start the program again it checks whether there's already an instance of it running and if so tells that instance to show itself and then quits).

    Holger

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    isn't it possible to change it so it will act similar to the google play store that can update itself in the background?....
    my desktop computer is with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    This is not for everyone,

    To avoid the issue above and other related snap-store bugs and failings.
    I removed snap-store:
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    snap remove snap-store
    But I don't need a GUI Software Center either, but you can still use gnome-software which manages snaps perfectly without any of the above issues. gnome-software also has the advantage that it handles flatpak and DEB packages.

    **NOT FOR EVERYONE!
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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    i see
    my question was more intended to ask why it is not fixed somehow? i mean why not to make the 'snap store' to be updated by itself without any problem..

    if you don't have an answer for that never mind..

    btw....
    if i remove the snap store the software updater will automatically take charge on the software from the snap store that need updating?
    my desktop computer is with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    Quote Originally Posted by ronjjjg8885 View Post
    i see
    my question was more intended to ask why it is not fixed somehow? i mean why not to make the 'snap store' to be updated by itself without any problem..

    if you don't have an answer for that never mind..
    I'm sure you understood that from my thread, if not, no it dose not address your question, but as a workaround for the Bugs or needed features, and less frustration for the user.
    Quote Originally Posted by ronjjjg8885 View Post
    btw....
    if i remove the snap store the software updater will automatically take charge on the software from the snap store that need updating?
    Yes, and your "not" locked out of reinstalling snap-store
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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    Ubuntu has three ways to update software. 1) the Software Updater utility. 2) the terminal - command line. 3) the software centre or app store.

    The Software Updater utility checks for updates when we launch it. The software centre checks for updates when we login to the desktop. If we try to use the command line to update while software centre is checking for updates we will get an error message. We have to wait.

    As far as I can tell the software centre as a snap package automatically updates itself once the initial update check is completed. The same thing happens with other snap packaged apps such as Firefox, Thunderbird and zoom workplace in my experience.

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    Re: can you rmind me how to solve the problem of the app store not getting updated?

    Quote Originally Posted by ronjjjg8885 View Post
    i see
    my question was more intended to ask why it is not fixed somehow? i mean why not to make the 'snap store' to be updated by itself without any problem..

    if you don't have an answer for that never mind..
    I happened to stumble across this. Check out d-loose's comment in the following GitHub thread.

    First of all - the app center cannot update itself, because it simply tells snapd to do the update, which it can't do because the app center is running. We should try to come up with a solution for this eventually, though.
    https://github.com/ubuntu/app-center/issues/1391

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