On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:03:58PM -0500, RAccess wrote: > > What does it mean when I get the following: > *** > debian:~# apt-get -u upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > task-devel-common > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > *** > > What does this mean? It has been kept back for how long? Could someone > explain this in terms of what is happening to the package dependencies and > such.
It simply means that the package depends on (an)other package(s) which you have not yet requested be installed. Solution 1: use apt-get dist-upgrade Solution 2: use apt-get install <package> HTH, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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