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Re: aptitude explanations



"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> writes:

>     Someone mentioned that aptitude can explain, for example, why a package is
> being held back. Please explain. I have a package now that it being held back,
> and aptitude is giving me no more information than apt-get does. 

Select the package, type '+' to select it for upgrade, and then press
Enter to see the package details.  You should see at least one package
highlighted in red, and possibly some explanatory text beside it such as
"(UNSATISFIED)".

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