On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 09:41:50PM -0400, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > I did a "apt-get update" and an "apt-get upgrade" and > I get the following message (I'm trying to get Helix-gnome): > > The following packages have been kept back > gedit gnome-help gnome-utils gnumeric rep rep-gtk > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > > Why are they "kept back" and how do I "get them back"?
They probably depend on packages which you have not installed. 'apt-get dist-upgrade' will fetch the new dependencies as well as the held-back packages. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
