Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> writes: > Trying apt-get upgrade: > > 11:10:17 root@tony-fr:~# apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > db5.1-util phonon-backend-vlc vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify > vlc-plugin-pulse > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > > I have no packages (deliberately) held back., so how do I get out of > this situation?
Run apt-get dist-upgrade, review the list of packages it is planning to install/uninstall, and if everything looks ok, let it go ahead and do it. The apt-get upgrade command will not execute upgrades that require it to install or uninstall packages. -- regards, kushal