Re: Issue with package kept back
On 2020-04-01 15:17 -0500, Dutch Ingraham wrote:
> I'm having a problem on an x86_64 install running sid. Specifically,
> the package phonon-backend-gstreamer-common will not upgrade from v.
> 4.9.1-1 to what is currently (since 2019-11-06) in sid, v. 4.10.0-1.
>
> When I do my normal apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, I receive
> the message "The following packages have been kept back:
> phonon-backend-gstreamer-common"
>
> I have been receiving this message since last November when the package
> repo was upgraded. Thinking this was a temporary library mismatch or an
> out-of-sync mirror, I waited. However, finally realizing the issue
> would not sort itself out, I searched the web for solutions. While
> there were suggestions, none of them result in the package being
> upgraded. Some of the suggestions I have tried are:
>
> 1. Run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> 2. Run sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
> 3. Run sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer-common
> 4. Run sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer-common=4:4.10.0-1
> 5. Run sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
> 6. Run sudo aptitude full-upgrade
> 7. Attempt to purge phonon-backend-gstreamer-common and reinstall.
>
> 1, 2, and 3 above result in the kept-back message.
> 4 and 7 result in the proposed removal of an uncomfortable list of
> packages [1].
> 5 results in: "No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed."
> 6 results in a similarly uncomfortable list of solutions. [2]
>
>
> I suspect the problem lies with some other package, maybe one of those
> the "aptitude full-upgrade" command suggested, but I can't grok what.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
I think the problem is that the phonon-backend-gstreamer binary package
has been dropped in version 4:4.9.1-2, and it has a strict dependency on
the phonon-backend-gstreamer-common package. And you seem to have
obsolete packages (kaccessible, kopete) that require
phonon-backend-gstreamer.
Ask yourself if you really need these old packages, and remove them if
the answer is no.
Cheers,
Sven
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