How To Install needrestart-session on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install needrestart-session on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is needrestart-session
needrestart-session is:
needrestart checks which processes need to be restarted after library upgrades. needrestart-session implements a notification of user sessions about their obsolete processes after system upgrades.
There are three methods to install needrestart-session on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install needrestart-session Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install needrestart-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install needrestart-session
Install needrestart-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install needrestart-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install needrestart-session
Install needrestart-session Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install needrestart-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install needrestart-session
How To Uninstall needrestart-session on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the needrestart-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove needrestart-session
Uninstall needrestart-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall needrestart-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove needrestart-session
Remove needrestart-session Configurations and Data
To remove needrestart-session configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge needrestart-session
Remove needrestart-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove needrestart-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge needrestart-session
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install needrestart-session package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
