On 9/13/19 12:49 PM, D&P Dimov wrote:
> I upgraded to Debian 10, but 750 or so packages were held back. I read that i can try running apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade, which I did, but I still have 278 that are held back (listed below).
> Tried apt-get install <list of packages held back>, but they are still held back. How do I upgrade them?Thanks!Luben
>
> The following packages have been kept back:
> blueman bogofilter bogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-control-center cinnamon-control-center-data cinnamon-desktop-data cinnamon-l10n cinnamon-screensaver cinnamon-session
> cinnamon-session-common cinnamon-settings-daemon cjs cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-core-drivers cups-daemon cups-filters cups-filters-core-drivers default-jre default-jre-headless evolution evolution-common
> evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common evolution-plugins folks-common gdal-bin gdm3 gedit-plugins gimp gimp-data gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0 gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 gir1.2-cvc-1.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0
> gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-lokdocview-0.1 gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0 gir1.2-rb-3.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-xapp-1.0 gjs gnome gnome-calendar gnome-characters
When I see "The following packages have been kept back", I usually type:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
That said, I no longer do major version upgrades. I backup, pull the
system disk, install a wiped disk, do a fresh install, and reconfigure/
migrate/ restore.
David