Re: "Kept back" packages?
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 09:13:22PM -0400, Try KDE wrote:
> When I do a "apt-get upgrade", there are a lot of packages "kept back".
> How can I find out why they are kept back, and how to "unleash" them?
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Packages are kept back when a new package would need to be installed to
upgrade them, or if a dependency is unavailable. apt-get dist-upgrade
will install the new dependencies, allowing the kept back packages to be
installed.
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