You should get the same popup when running apt as you do with update- manager or any other package management tool for that matter.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411637 Title: apt-get command line upgrade, to know when to restart Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Confirmed Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When you run the application Software Updater and I install some updates which need a restart of your computer, it tells you that you need to restart your computer. But when running this command in Terminal: sudo apt-get upgrade It is not clear whether or not the packages which you have upgraded require a restart of the computer once they have finished upgrading. So what would be really useful instead of having to go and look in your /var/run/ folder to check if /var/run/reboot-required exists, it would be really good if on completion of the command for it to somehow just tell you if a restart is required. Even if it just says either: RESTART REQUIRED = TRUE or RESTART REQUIRED = FALSE Depending on whether or not a restart is needed. Or as it used to do for it to tell you here: Restart_to_complete_updates.bmp Image refereed to has been attached. System information: Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 Package version information: apt: Installed: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1411637/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp