How to disable Ubuntu 22.04 "Daemons using outdated libraries" popup

how-to-disable-ubuntu-22.04-pop-up-daemons.md

Problem

When using apt to install or update packaged, Ubuntu 22.04 now pops up a Daemons using outdated libraries box.

Solution

To disable this pop up box, edit

vim /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf

change

#$nrconf{restart} = 'i';

to

$nrconf{restart} = 'a'; # restart the services automatically

Simple solution without vim

sudo sed -i 's/#$nrconf{restart} = '"'"'i'"'"';/$nrconf{restart} = '"'"'a'"'"';/g' /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf

or

sudo echo "\$nrconf{restart} = 'a'" >> /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf

how would one disable this prompt interactively?

most of the time it's just an anoyance, but I run a long script of apt-get commands that is always followed by a system reboot.
in this case I don't want the dialog to appear at all, I don't want any services to be restarted, nor do I want them listed. I just need the script to run and update/upgrade what I tell it to do.

the various solutions all seem to require editing a file, shouldn't there be a simple command line argument to supress this dialog?

thanks.