needrestart

Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. More information: <https://github.com/liske/needrestart>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/needrestart.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install needrestart
Ubuntu
apt-get install needrestart
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install needrestart
Fedora
dnf install needrestart
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install needrestart
Raspbian
apt-get install needrestart
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/needrestart

Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. More information: <https://github.com/liske/needrestart>.

  • List outdated processes:
    needrestart
  • Interactively restart services:
    sudo needrestart
  • List outdated processes in [v]erbose or [q]uiet mode:
    needrestart -v|q
  • Check if the [k]ernel is outdated:
    needrestart -k
  • Check if the CPU microcode is outdated:
    needrestart -w
  • List outdated processes in [b]atch mode:
    needrestart -b
  • List outdated processed using a specific [c]onfiguration file:
    needrestart -c path/to/config
  • Display help:
    needrestart --help

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