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Re: Kept back packages?



Bo Branten <ens97bbn@cs.umu.se> writes:

> # apt-get upgrade
> ...
> The following packages have been kept back
>   xv smail xemacs20-nomule libtiff3g gimp rpm 
> ...

> Why are these packages not available?

Probably because it needs to uninstall something (libjpeg6b perhaps?) 
to install a package that these depend on.  If you use "

  apt-get dist-upgrade

they should be installed.


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu


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