Re: Packages held back?
On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 09:41:50PM -0400, Christopher W. Aiken wrote:
> I did a "apt-get update" and an "apt-get upgrade" and
> I get the following message (I'm trying to get Helix-gnome):
>
> The following packages have been kept back
> gedit gnome-help gnome-utils gnumeric rep rep-gtk
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
>
> Why are they "kept back" and how do I "get them back"?
They probably depend on packages which you have not installed.
'apt-get dist-upgrade' will fetch the new dependencies as well as the
held-back packages.
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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