Re: (SOLVED) Re: Backported Kernel - install question

[Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>]

 Hi.

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:06:15 +0530
Kailash Kalyani <listskailash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Apt-get gave me the following error:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-686-pae : Breaks: initramfs-tools (< 0.110~) 
> but 0.109.1 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> 
> And so I installed initramfs-tools from wheezy-backports first and then 
> the linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-686-pae
> 
> However, was apt-get correct in not attempting to upgrade 
> initramfs-tools as well?

Yes, it was. Compare this:

# apt-get install linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64 : Breaks: initramfs-tools (< 0.110~)
but 0.109.1 is to be installed E:
Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages


To this:

apt-get install -t wheezy-backports linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64

The following extra packages will be installed:
  initramfs-tools
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-3.11 debian-kernel-handbook
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64
The following packages will be upgraded:
  initramfs-tools


Unless you allow apt to search dependencies outside of preferred
release (wheezy) - it will try to install from backports only the
package you've told it to install (i.e. linux-image).

Reco