Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

@snek_boi · edit-2 2 years ago

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

@dragnucs · 1 year ago

Software has a different way to manage updates. It first downloads packages then installs them at next reboot. I am not exactly sure about why things are this way but it could be to have a more reliable update experience. For example I had a few updates that broke the terminal window and thus make the update crash, so if important packages were touched, serious problems occurred.

Fedora question: How come using dnf upgrade in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using dnf upgrade in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?

Fedora question: How come using `dnf upgrade` in the terminal doesn't require restarting, but using the "Software" program sometimes requires restarting, even if they update the same exact packages?