On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Nathan E Norman wrote: > 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 >
Thanks a lot. I had to install 10 new packages and then that package was upgraded. It makes a lot more sense. RAccess #geeks/irc.openprojects.net -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS GIT GP d- s+: a-- C+++ ULSB+++ P+ L+++ E+ W+++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5-- X++ R* tv-- b+ DI+ D- G++ e h! r* !y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
