Re: apt-get upgrade error- SOLVED
> virtualbox has been purged from my system, but that file: # ls -l
> /var/lib/dpkg/available
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25094284 Feb 19 08:00 /var/lib/dpkg/available
>
> is rather large...
Try running "dpkg --clear-avail".
that did it!! no more error!!!
the only other question I have is, why are all these packages being held
back??
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
acpi-support apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common apt-cacher
apt-file ark autopsy avahi-daemon banshee bless bluetooth bluez-audio boo
capplets-data cdrdao clive cmake cmake-data compiz compiz-core
compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-gtk compiz-plugins conky
cowdancer cups-driver-gutenprint debian-keyring default-jdk default-jre
default-jre-headless dhcp3-client dhcp3-common diff digikam-doc
djvulibre-desktop dnsutils ecj ecj-gcj ekiga elinks elinks-data emacs
empathy evince f-spot fbreader festival foomatic-db freemind gadmin-samba
gcc-4.3-source gconf-editor gdebi gdebi-core gettext gnokii-common
gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-icon-theme
gnome-orca gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-phone-manager
gnome-power-manager gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-system-monitor gnome-utils gnotime gparted gpsd-clients grub
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gtkpod gxine host icedove icedove-dbg
iceowl ink
inkscape iptables k3b k3b-data kbattleship kdegames-dbg
kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kmahjongg kmines koffice-data koffice-libs kpat
kpogre krecipes krecipes-data krita krita-data kshisen ksudoku
ktorrent lat
ldap-account-manager libantlr-java-gcj libapache2-mod-php5 libaprutil1
libart2.0-cil libavahi1.0-cil libbind-dev libboost-doc libcap2
libcegui-mk2-1 libchipcard-tools libclass-accessor-perl libcompizconfig0
libcwiid1-dev libdb-dev libdjvulibre21 libdts-dev libecj-java-gcj
libgcj-bc
libgconf2.0-cil libgdl-1-common libgeos-c1 libglade2.0-cil
libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglib2.0-cil libgnome-keyring1.0-cil
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-0
libgnome2-common
libgnome2-dev libgnomekbd-common libgnupg-interface-perl libgtk2-perl
libgtk2.0-cil libgtkhtml3.16-cil libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtkmm-2.4-dev
libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libjibx-java libjpeg-progs liblog4j1.2-java-gcj
liblua5.1-0 liblua5.1-0-dev libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
libmono-addins0.2-cil
libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
libmono-data-tds1.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-ldap2.0-cil
libmono-security1.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil
libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil libmono-system-data1.0-cil
libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil
libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil
libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil libmono0 libmono1.0-cil libmono2.0-cil
libnautilus-extension-dev libnautilus-extension1 libndesk-dbus1.0-cil
libnotify0.4-cil libogdi3.2 libossp-uuid-perl libpam-smbpass libpurple0
librrd4 librrds-perl libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-all
libsmbclient libsmbclient-dev libsoap-lite-perl libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-base libsvn1 libts-0.0-0 libwbclient0 libwebkit-dev
libxml-libxml-perl libzlui-gtk lintian live-helper live-magic metacity
metacity-common mono-gac mono-runtime mono-utils nautilus nautilus-data
ntfs-3g ntp ntpdate obexfs obexftp openbios-sparc openjdk-6-jdk
openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre-lib php-pear php5
php5-cgi php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dbg php5-dev php5-gd
php5-idn
php5-imagick php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-ming
php5-mysql php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite
php5-tidy
php5-xcache php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl pidgin pidgin-data podsleuth proj
python-vte qemu reportbug rhino rhythmbox rrdtool rsnapshot rss-glx samba
samba-common sleuthkit smbclient sound-juicer sox subversion
system-config-printer tangogps telepathy-gabble totem-common
totem-gstreamer
totem-mozilla ufraw vde2 vorbis-tools wireshark wireshark-common worker
xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-goodies xfce4-notes-plugin
xfce4-screenshooter-plugin xiphos xscreensaver-data xserver-xorg-dev
zonecheck
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 281 not upgraded.
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Paul Cartwright
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