I just started using EOS and I see that updates are available multiple times a day. Often it seems that updates require a reboot. So if I want to update as frequently as possible, it seems like I would have to reboot every day. Can I safely ignore this and update without rebooting? Thanks

Updates are almost always available. Arch has updates all day everyday. Anything that involves the kernel/drivers etc will require a reboot to take effect. You can update and then not reboot → but bare in mind that things may not actually be updated until you reboot. OR, don’t update 10x a day. …

Also sometimes if you don’t reboot in such case - you may have malfunctioning system, depending on your DE (for example sometimes if xorg & qt5 would be updated on KDE, you could have some glitchfest.)

A restart is required to safely apply critical updates. These include kernel, driver, systemd, grub updates, among others. If you do not restart the system in such cases, do not change anything in the meantime and restart as soon as possible.

One thing I noticed was that if the kernel is updated then you may lose the /usr/lib/modules/<kernelname> directory for the kernel currently loaded. This means the if you do something that needs to load a kernel module, it will fail. That may be a rare occurrence - but I kept hitting it because I …

Good thinking. It gives me an idea for an app enhancement too… :grin:

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Updates that require a reboot

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pebcak January 18, 2022, 1:19am 3

windcedarweb:

Can I safely ignore this and update without rebooting?

Check if a reboot is neccessary EndeavourOS installation

Hi, there is a reboot needed if some packages are upgraded. E.g. kernel upgrades needs such a reboot, but there are some more. Because of some of my PCs do need a long time to reboot I want to look if a reboot is mandatory after an upgrade run. “checkupdates” tells me what packages are upgraded - but not if a reboot is mandatory. Is there a possibility to see if a reboot is needed BEFORE an upgrade run? In case of a reboot is needed pacman tells me “Inform user to reboot” - but I have not seen …

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