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Re: How to unmark packages



On Tue,14.Jul.09, 14:03:34, Frank McCormick wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm running testing and noticed in Synaptic I have a bunch of
> packages which are in the "local or obselete category". Some have
> been locally installed...but most are those I had to re-install after
> an unfortunate problem sometime ago. I assume because they are in the
> local or obselete category they are not subjcet to being updated. How
> can I change this, I guess in aptitude ??

aptitude marks them as such if the particular packages are not available 
in the repos anymore. Try an update and an upgrade.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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