Re: Question about - "The following packages have been kept back:"
- From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:42:06 -0800
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:08:58PM +0100, Robert Cates wrote:
Hi all,
I've got a general question concerning apt-get - what would be the reason(s)
for the below message when I upgrade my packages?
That message mean that a newer version of the package is available but
for some reason it won't be installed. Usually it's because some
dependency hasn't been upgraded yet. For whatever reason your system
is in a state that prevents that package from being upgraded. You can
usually tell by looking at the packages dependencies and compare them
to what is currently installed.
Do I need to do an
apt-get upgrade again at a later time, or is there something I need to do
right away to get it to install?
you could dist-upgrade -- that allows more aggressive package handling
to avoid these issues.
I somehow was wondering if it's because
the package maintainer does not have the package quite ready for an
upgrade.
no. likely some dependency isn't quite ready and thus hasn't been
released yet.
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-image-2.6-686
hmmm... I'm not sure what would keep a kernel from upgrading. I've not
seen that in my recollection.
A
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
- References:
- Question about - "The following packages have been kept back:"
- From: Robert Cates
- Question about - "The following packages have been kept back:"
- Prev by Date: Re: keyboard shortcuts and X / WM / DE
- Next by Date: Re: keyboard shortcuts and X / WM / DE
- Previous by thread: Re: Question about - "The following packages have been kept back:"
- Next by thread: Question about - apt-get upgrade
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
|
