Re: Please help with `No solution found within the allotted time. Try harder?' warning message
On Thu 18 Dec 2025 at 21:08:47 (+0000), Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Wishing to do a full-upgrade from bookworm to trixie, the commands
>
> # aptitude update
> # aptitude install dpgk aptitude apt
> # aptitude full-upgrade
>
> which had always worked in the past, gets a `No solution found within the
> allotted time. Try harder?' warning message. Please help.
That does look like the brute force and ignorance approach.
I'd take a look at chapter four of the Release Notes, which
uses apt, but also a more fine-grained approach. Such steps
as # apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs for example.
(Why do you install aptitude just after having run it?)
Cheers,
David.
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