I am a person who do not believe in shutting down the computer or reboot. My Linux machine have been up for 33 days (at the time of writing). And I am not planning to reboot until I update my kernel to 2.6.15.4 (when it is released) which should be in a month time or more.
In Linux, no installation of software will force you to reboot. The only time you need to reboot is when you are changing kernel. Which is a rare thing for most people. You can restart every services in Linux without rebooting. Drop it to init level 1 and then bring it up back again to init level 3 or higher depending on your distribution.
However, in Mac Os X, it seems that there are some hangover from some software producers about rebooting, one such example is Logitech. Mac Os X being a UNIX based OS, definitely do not need rebooting other then kernel meddling updates.
I have came across at least two software which force you to reboot. So, the quest for me to find a way to stop it.
At first, I tried killing it using kill -9 PID from the console. That didn’t work. sudo kill -9 PID did not work as well. Finally, I found a method by using Firefox or Camino as roadblock to reboot.
Make sure Camino or Firefox have more then one tab or window opened. And make sure all other programs opened have been closed. This is to ensure you do not loose your data. After the conditions have being met, click reboot button on your installation or un-install window dialogue box.
The reboot command will get stuck at Camino or Firefox because it will present a warning message stating more then one tab or window is opened, and ask whether you really want to close it. Say no, and the reboot command will be terminated. And you can end your installation (or un-install) which requires reboot without it.
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