How to determine your Debian need to restart after packages update

Does your Debian server need to restart after packages update?

You can use checkrestart from the debian-goodies. debian-goodies availabe since Debian Wheezy.

• Install debian-goodies

# apt-get install debian-goodies

• Check does our Debian need to restart

# checkrestart
Found 44 processes using old versions of upgraded files
(28 distinct programs)
(21 distinct packages)
...

• Restart your Debian

References:

• http://serverfault.com/questions/667076/debian-how-can-i-know-if-reboot-is-required-after-update