How to Install and Uninstall needrestart-session Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "needrestart-session" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install needrestart-session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "needrestart-session" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall needrestart-session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                needrestart-session
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the needrestart-session package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: needrestart-session
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 183
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: all
Version: 0.3-2
Depends: perl, needrestart (>= 2.0), libnet-dbus-perl, libproc-processtable-perl, libwx-perl, wmctrl, policykit-1
Filename: pool/universe/n/needrestart-session/needrestart-session_0.3-2_all.deb
Size: 14496
MD5sum: 80e9ed1e9e4ee8c48cdec85d48067a91
SHA1: 3b03efbd3edc08a46fa7caf9f5b88bb15f23e775
SHA256: 2052d4b3fe2e33dd6853d85434dac1495e56404e0597bee75c068abc339339ec
Description-en: check for processes need to be restarted in user sessions
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.
Description-md5: f777b3f48ac044c25ca752b5fe4b7db3
Homepage: https://github.com/liske/needrestart-session
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu