Re: apt-get update then apt-get upgrade, remaining a lots package not install
I suspect there is some missing dependency problem. Unfortunately
apt-get isn't very good about identifying the specifics of these. You
might try 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or use dselect.
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:35:41PM -0700, eric lin wrote:
> Dear advance linux user:
>
> under choice of source as test, I type apt-get update
>
> progeny:/home/fsshl# apt-get update
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>
>
> progeny:/home/fsshl# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> abiword apache apache-common apmd apt ash autoinstall balsa base-config
> bzip2 communicator console-data console-tools console-tools-libs cvs
> debhelper debian-policy dh-make dia discover dnsutils dpkg elm-me+ eog
> eperl
> eterm fileutils freetype2 gabber gedit gftp glade-gnome glimmer gmc
> gnome-applets gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-help gnome-panel
> gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-utils gnomeicu gnucash gnumeric gnupg
> gnus groff gs gsfonts imagemagick libaudiofile-dev libbz2 libcapplet-dev
> libcapplet0 libdps-dev libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libmagick5 libnspr4
> libpam-modules libpanel-applet-dev libpanel-applet0 librep9 libwww-perl
> lprng mc-common mozilla netpbm netscape ntp openssl parted perl-5.005-doc
> psgml python-dev python-doc python-gdk-imlib python-glade python-gnome
> python-gtk python-numeric rep rep-gtk rep-gtk-gnome samba samba-common
> sawfish-gnome shellutils slrn smbclient sox squid ssh swig sysklogd
> tetex-bin textutils util-linux vflib2 vim-gtk vm w3-el-e20 wget
> xchat-gnome
> xemacs21 xemacs21-bin xemacs21-mule xemacs21-support xemacs21-supportel
> xlibmesa-dev xlibosmesa-dev xpdf xscreensaver xserver-8514 xserver-agx
> xserver-common xserver-common-v3 xserver-mach32 xserver-mach8
> xserver-p9000
> xserver-s3 xserver-svga xserver-xfree86
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 124 not upgraded.
> progeny:/home/fsshl#
>
> then apt-get upgrade, but the result is unoptismistic, it remaining have
> a lots of packages can not be install although no error
>
> like to see any tech hints or opinion
>
> highly appreciate your time and effort and help
> sincere Eric
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