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Does Sudo update require reboot?
Note that a reboot is not required to make this change. Ksplice also supports the Linux community by providing kernel updates for Ubuntu Desktop and Fedora free of charge. The currently supported Ubuntu Desktop and Fedora versions supported can be found on the Ksplice Desktop page.
Do I need to reboot after apt get update?
No, apt on its own won’t reboot. You can check whether the file /var/run/reboot-required exists after running apt to see if a reboot is required. If you use unattended-upgrades , you can configure that to reboot for you.
Do I need to reboot after apt get upgrade?
In general, a reboot is necessary only when the kernel is upgraded during the apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) process.
Is apt-get safe?
apt (due to its importance on Linux systems) is pretty heavily guarded against almost all of these types of attacks on both the client and server side. While they are possible, an admin who knows what they’re doing and knows how to read error logs will be able to prevent any of these attacks from taking place.
When do I need to do a reboot after apt get upgrade?
In general, a reboot is necessary only when the kernel is upgraded during the apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) process. Please refer to man apt-get for details, and The Organization’s docs on Updating and Upgrading.
How to bypass the yes / no prompt in apt-get upgrade?
In order avoid typing out all of the apt-get commands when updating my computer I have made a simple alias command to do it. But I really want to be able to just type in my alias and let it do its thing and not have to wait to for the yes/no prompt to type in “y”.
Do you need to use su before apt-get upgrade?
You need to combine it with –force-confdef to let dpkg overwrite configuration files that you have not modified. This updates the packages, upgrades the packages, removes unused packages, then removes old versions of packages. So long as you use su before all those steps, which I always do.
How to detect whether apt-get requires a reboot using Bash?
I don’t recall whether apt-get actually gives you a predictably formatted message informing you whether a restart is necessary, but if it does you could just check the output, e.g. something like apt-get -fy update | grep -q ‘fill in restart message pattern’ && reboot.