I've encountered the same behavior twice. First time was a total surprise
and I had to 'apt install darktable', which fortunately worked.
Today, I noted that darktable would be removed with apt dist-upgrade
Requested output follows:
[charlie@dicke:~]$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
apg blender-data bolt cracklib-runtime djvulibre-bin docbook-xml
docbook-xsl expect fonts-liberation2 fwupd fwupd-amd64-signed
geocode-glib-common
gimp-data gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-goocanvas-2.0
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 gir1.2-malcontent-0 gjs gkbd-capplet
gnome-control-center-data
gnome-remote-desktop gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common
gnome-user-share gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gtk2-engines-pixbuf jq libann0
libapache2-mod-dnssd libavdevice59 libavfilter8 libavformat59
libbabl-0.1-0 libcapi20-3 libcbor0.8 libcdk5nc6 libcdt5 libcgraph6
libcolord-gtk4-1
libconfig-general-perl libconfig9 libcrack2 libdcmtk17 libembree3-3
libfilesys-df-perl libflashrom1 libflatpak0 libfreerdp-server2-2
libfreerdp2-2
libftdi1-2 libfwupd2 libgcab-1.0-0 libgdata-common libgdata22
libgee-0.8-2 libgegl-0.4-0 libgegl-common libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib-2-0
libges-1.0-0 libgimp2.0 libgjs0g libgnome-bg-4-2
libgnome-bluetooth-ui-3.0-13 libgnome-rr-4-2 libgnomekbd-common
libgnomekbd8 libgoa-1.0-0b
libgoa-1.0-common libgoocanvas2-perl libgps30 libgraphics-tiff-perl
libgsound0 libgtk3-imageview-perl libgtk3-simplelist-perl libgtop-2.0-11
libgtop2-common libgts-0.7-5 libgts-bin libgumbo1 libgupnp-av-1.0-3
libgupnp-dlna-2.0-4 libgvpr2 libgweather-4-0 libgweather-4-common
libibus-1.0-5
libimage-png-libpng-perl libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 libjaylink0 libjcat1 libjim0.81 libjq1 libkf5js5
libkf5jsapi5
liblab-gamut1 libllvm15:i386 liblocale-codes-perl liblog4cplus-2.0.5
libmalcontent-0-0 libmalcontent-ui-1-1 libmanette-0.2-0 libmapnik3.1
libmediaart-2.0-0 libmozjs-102-0 libmumps-5.5 libmutter-12-0
libmypaint-1.5-1 libmypaint-common libnma-gtk4-0 libnss-myhostname
libnunit-cil-dev
libnunit-console-runner2.6.3-cil libnunit-mocks2.6.3-cil liboauth0
libokular5core10 libonig5 libopencolorio2.1 libopencv-photo406
libopencv-shape406
libopencv-stitching406 libopencv-viz406 libopenvdb10.0 libosdcpu3.5.0
libosdgpu3.5.0 libosmesa6 libosmgpsmap-1.0-1 libossp-uuid-perl
libossp-uuid16
libostree-1-1 libpathplan4 libpdf-builder-perl libplacebo208
libpostproc56 libpugixml1v5 libpwquality-common libpwquality1 libpystring0
librest-1.0-0
librygel-core-2.8-0 librygel-db-2.8-0 librygel-renderer-2.8-0
librygel-server-2.8-0 libset-intspan-perl libsmbios-c2 libsnapd-glib-2-1
libspnav0
libspqr3 libswscale6 libtexluajit2 libtext-markdown-perl libtss2-tctildr0
libunistring2 libunistring2:i386 libvpx7:i386 libvtk9.1 libwinpr2-2
libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1 libxklavier16 libyaml-cpp0.8
linux-headers-6.4.0-2-common linux-kbuild-6.4.0-2 malcontent malcontent-gui
mutter-common mutter-common-bin pdf2djvu power-profiles-daemon
python3-mlt python3-pywt realmd rygel sgml-data tcl-expect tecla
tesseract-ocr
tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-osd unpaper webp-pixbuf-loader
xdg-dbus-proxy xsane-common yelp-xsl
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
blender darktable dvipng flowblade gimp gimp-ufraw gir1.2-webkit2-4.1
gmic gnome-control-center gnome-online-accounts gnome-sushi gnome-user-docs
gnumeric-doc gnuplot-x11 gphoto2 graphviz gscan2pdf gvfs-backends
libc-devtools libgmic1 libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgphoto2-dev libgvc6
libimage-sane-perl libopencv-videoio406 libopenimageio2.4
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 libwine libyelp0 python3-opencv python3-pydot
python3-pygraphviz
sane-utils viking wine64 xsane yelp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gnuplot-qt
The following packages have been kept back:
libavif15:i386 libgd3 libgd3:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 37 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 8,609 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,096 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
Apt cache policy:
[charlie@dicke:~]$ apt-cache policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
release v=1.0,o=Google LLC,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main,b=amd64
origin dl.google.com
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/contrib amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
origin deb.debian.org
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/non-free amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
origin deb.debian.org
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=main,b=i386
origin deb.debian.org
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
origin deb.debian.org
Pinned packages:
I have attached a file with the per-package policies for each package set
to be removed.
It is interesting that a lot more than darktable is slated to be removed
this time.
Thank you for revisiting this issue!
Charlie
blender:
Installed: 3.4.1+dfsg-2+b1
Candidate: 3.4.1+dfsg-2+b1
Version table:
*** 3.4.1+dfsg-2+b1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
darktable:
Installed: 4.4.2-1+b1
Candidate: 4.4.2-1+b1
Version table:
*** 4.4.2-1+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dvipng:
Installed: 1.15-1.1+b1
Candidate: 1.15-1.1+b1
Version table:
*** 1.15-1.1+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
flowblade:
Installed: 2.10.0.4-1
Candidate: 2.10.0.4-1
Version table:
*** 2.10.0.4-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gimp:
Installed: 2.10.34-1
Candidate: 2.10.34-1
Version table:
*** 2.10.34-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gimp-ufraw:
Installed: 0.22-4
Candidate: 0.22-4
Version table:
*** 0.22-4 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gir1.2-webkit2-4.1:
Installed: 2.42.1-1
Candidate: 2.42.1-2+b1
Version table:
2.42.1-2+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
*** 2.42.1-1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gmic:
Installed: 2.9.4-4+b4
Candidate: 2.9.4-4+b4
Version table:
*** 2.9.4-4+b4 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:45.0-2
Candidate: 1:45.0-2
Version table:
*** 1:45.0-2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-online-accounts:
Installed: 3.48.0-2
Candidate: 3.48.0-2
Version table:
*** 3.48.0-2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-sushi:
Installed: 45.0-1
Candidate: 45.0-1
Version table:
*** 45.0-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-user-docs:
Installed: 45.0-1
Candidate: 45.0-1
Version table:
*** 45.0-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnumeric-doc:
Installed: 1.12.55-1
Candidate: 1.12.55-1
Version table:
*** 1.12.55-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnuplot-x11:
Installed: 5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2
Candidate: 5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2
Version table:
*** 5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gphoto2:
Installed: 2.5.28-2
Candidate: 2.5.28-2
Version table:
*** 2.5.28-2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
graphviz:
Installed: 2.42.2-7+b3
Candidate: 2.42.2-7+b3
Version table:
*** 2.42.2-7+b3 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gscan2pdf:
Installed: 2.13.2-1
Candidate: 2.13.2-1
Version table:
*** 2.13.2-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gvfs-backends:
Installed: 1.52.0-1
Candidate: 1.52.0-1
Version table:
*** 1.52.0-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libc-devtools:
Installed: 2.37-12
Candidate: 2.37-12
Version table:
*** 2.37-12 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgmic1:
Installed: 2.9.4-4+b4
Candidate: 2.9.4-4+b4
Version table:
*** 2.9.4-4+b4 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgoa-backend-1.0-1:
Installed: 3.48.0-2
Candidate: 3.48.0-2
Version table:
*** 3.48.0-2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgphoto2-dev:
Installed: 2.5.31-1
Candidate: 2.5.31-1
Version table:
*** 2.5.31-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgvc6:
Installed: 2.42.2-7+b3
Candidate: 2.42.2-7+b3
Version table:
*** 2.42.2-7+b3 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libimage-sane-perl:
Installed: 5-2
Candidate: 5-2
Version table:
*** 5-2 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libopencv-videoio406:
Installed: 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1
Candidate: 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1
Version table:
*** 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libopenimageio2.4:
Installed: 2.4.14.0+dfsg-1
Candidate: 2.4.14.0+dfsg-1
Version table:
*** 2.4.14.0+dfsg-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0:
Installed: 2.42.1-1
Candidate: 2.42.1-2+b1
Version table:
2.42.1-2+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
*** 2.42.1-1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libwine:
Installed: 8.0.1~repack-3
Candidate: 8.0.1~repack-3
Version table:
*** 8.0.1~repack-3 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libyelp0:
Installed: 42.2-1
Candidate: 42.2-1
Version table:
*** 42.2-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python3-opencv:
Installed: 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1
Candidate: 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1
Version table:
*** 4.6.0+dfsg-13+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python3-pydot:
Installed: 1.4.2-1
Candidate: 1.4.2-1
Version table:
*** 1.4.2-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python3-pygraphviz:
Installed: 1.7-3+b4
Candidate: 1.7-3+b4
Version table:
*** 1.7-3+b4 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sane-utils:
Installed: 1.2.1-5
Candidate: 1.2.1-5
Version table:
*** 1.2.1-5 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
viking:
Installed: 1.10-2+b1
Candidate: 1.10-2+b1
Version table:
*** 1.10-2+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
wine64:
Installed: 8.0.1~repack-3
Candidate: 8.0.1~repack-3
Version table:
*** 8.0.1~repack-3 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xsane:
Installed: 0.999-12+b1
Candidate: 0.999-12+b1
Version table:
*** 0.999-12+b1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
yelp:
Installed: 42.2-1
Candidate: 42.2-1
Version table:
*** 42.2-1 200
200 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
