Re: 2 questions on apt-get
*- On 2 Jan, Oliver Elphick wrote about "Re: 2 questions on apt-get "
> Ulrich Hansmair wrote:
> >2.apt-get upgrade gives the following message:
> >
> >...
> >The following packages have been kept back:
> >dpkg-dev kernel-package perl perl-base
> >...
> >
> >I wanna this packages be included in the normal upgrade-procedure. What is t
> >he
> >appropriate action?
>
> They are kept back because of dependencies on some other packages; these
> dependencies cannot be satisfied if they are upgraded.
>
> You must either remove packages that are causing the problem, or wait for
> new versions of the problem packages to become available, or (if you
> know what you are doing) force the installation of the packages you
> want upgraded.
>
Read the apt-get man page. You probably want to run 'apt-get
dist-upgrade' and not 'apt-get upgrade'. The upgrade option will not
remove or change other packages status(i.e. packages will be held back).
Or start dselect, select [U]pdate, select [S]elect, hit space, hit
return(probably a few times as it sorts out depenencies/conflicts),
select [I]nstall.
Brian Servis
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