On Sat Aug 02 2008 @ 2:09, JW wrote:
> I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages
> back.
> For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back"
> openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any
> packages to be remove
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, JW engaged keyboard and shared this with us all:
>--} I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages
> back. --} For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was
> "keeping back" --} openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was
> not
On 08/02/08 14:09, JW wrote:
I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back.
For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back"
openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any
packages to be removed, it wasn't causin
JW wrote:
I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back.
For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back"
openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any
packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major package
I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back.
For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back"
openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any
packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major packages to be upg
if it's because
> the package maintainer does not have the package quite ready for an
> upgrade.
no. likely some dependency isn't quite ready and thus hasn't been
released yet.
>
>
>
> The following packages have been kept back:
>
> linux-image-2.6-68
; right away to get it to install? I somehow was wondering if it's because
> the package maintainer does not have the package quite ready for an upgrade.
>
> The following packages have been kept back:
>
>linux-image-2.6-686
No, it's more that your system is consider
it's because
the package maintainer does not have the package quite ready for an upgrade.
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-image-2.6-686
thanks in advance for your help!
Robert
"D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Haven't you ever done a dselect update and then a apt-get -u upgrade
> and found that you have 30 or some large number of packages that are
> not going to be installed?
Not really; apt-get isn't intended to be used that way. See the first
paragraph of apt-get(8
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:32:49AM -0700, D. wrote:
> Haven't you ever done a dselect update and then a
> apt-get -u upgrade and found that you have 30 or some
> large number of packages that are not going to be
> installed?
Ah, in that case, it's nor
--- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Haven't you ever done a dselect update and then a
apt-get -u upgrade and found that you have 30 or some
large number of packages that are not going to be
installed? When that ha
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:59:23AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:24:06PM +1300, Paul William wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:26, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:57:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > > Fellows, it's time for a dist-upgrade, but
>
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> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:57:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > Fellows,
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> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:57:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Fellows, it's time for a dist-upgrade, but
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> - From what to what?
dist-upgrade is just an upgrade that resolves the more comp
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:57:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Fellows, it's time for a dist-upgrade, but
- From what to what?
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Fellows, it's time for a dist-upgrade, but
The following packages have been kept back
python-gtk2 python2.3-gtk2
Could it be a fault of mine?
# apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true dist-upgrade
Package perl-modules has broken dep on libcgi-pm-perl
Considering libcgi-pm-perl 0
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:51:54 -0500, hanasaki wrote:
If you're using apt-get update/upgrade, it likely means that those
packages need to put some new stuff on your machine. It may be that
there are new/different dependencies to be met, or that the pkg has been
redesigned. apt-get is polite. It w
On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 11:51:54PM -0500, hanasaki wrote:
It means apt realized that these packages are old but since you did not
request to upgrade, it was kept at older version.
I bet you just run "apt-get install some-new-packge".
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* Rachel Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
>
> > "apt-get dist-upgrade" should do the trick.
>
> Hi, that did work but when unpacking this happens:
>
> Unpacking replacement konqueror ...
> Preparing to replace libkonq3 4:2.2.1.0-6 (using
> .../libkonq3_4%3a2.2.2-13_i386.deb) ...
> Unpac
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:12:20 + Rachel Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried to do apt-get upgrade of my Woody system today and got the following
> message:
>
> The following packages have been kept back:
> base-config console-data kate kchart kdeb
> "apt-get dist-upgrade" should do the trick.
Hi, that did work but when unpacking this happens:
Unpacking replacement konqueror ...
Preparing to replace libkonq3 4:2.2.1.0-6 (using
.../libkonq3_4%3a2.2.2-13_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libkonq3 ...
Preparing to replace kdebase-libs 4:2.
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 07:59:06AM -0500, Bill Benedetto wrote:
> >>> Rachel Andrew writes:
>
> Rachel> I tried to do apt-get upgrade of my Woody system today
> Rachel> and got the following message:
> Rachel>
> Rachel> The following packages have
>>> Rachel Andrew writes:
Rachel> I tried to do apt-get upgrade of my Woody system today
Rachel> and got the following message:
Rachel>
Rachel> The following packages have been kept back:
Rachel> base-config console-data kate kchart kdebase
Rachel> kdebase
Hi
I tried to do apt-get upgrade of my Woody system today and got the following
message:
The following packages have been kept back:
base-config console-data kate kchart kdebase kdebase-libs kdm kfocus kivio
kmid koffice-libs konqueror konsole koshell kscd kspread jugar kword libkonq3
from
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:30:41PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:53:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > aalib1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.1.3-18 is to be installed
> >
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:55:40PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:30:41PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:53:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > How do I get it to upgrade my libc6?
> >
> > For some reason, apt doesn't want to upgrade lib
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:30:41PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:53:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > aalib1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.1.3-18 is to be installed
> >
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:53:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> aalib1: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.1.3-18 is to be installed
>
> Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-11) but i
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 10:16:45AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 03:16:55PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > What is going on, and why can't apt-get upgrade the remaining 62 packages?
> > How do I get it to upgrade them?
>
> It doesn't want to automatically process them
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 03:16:55PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What is going on, and why can't apt-get upgrade the remaining 62 packages?
> How do I get it to upgrade them?
It doesn't want to automatically process them for some reason. Explicitly
telling it to upgrade each package with `apt
' back the rest.
i rerun the above commands, to see if I could get the rest to also be
upgraded and I got the following output:
fot2:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept ba
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running potato. Recently I've upgraded helix-gnome and since then
> every time i run apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) it tells me:
[...]
> The following packages have been kept back
> task-helix-gnome
> 0 packages
> to find out the cause of your problems, do a 'apt-get install
> task-helix-gnome', that should tell you why it is being held back.
Yup, that did the trick. gaim was the offender, I believe its name was
changed to
gaim-gnome. apt removed gaim and installed gaim-gnome. Everything ok
now.
Thanks
ng Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> task-helix-gnome
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded."
>
> What does "kept back" mean /exactly/? Can I "dpkg --purge
> task-helix-gnome" safely? My
>
> What does "kept back" mean /exactly/? Can I "dpkg --purge
> task-helix-gnome" safely? My understanding is that it isn't needed after
> it has done it's duty of selecting all gnome packages that depend on it.
> Am I right?
>
it means that apt wants to update it, but can not due to a depends/
Hi,
I'm running potato. Recently I've upgraded helix-gnome and since then
every time i run apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) it tells me:
"host:/home/mario# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept ba
*- On 22 Sep, Seth R Arnold wrote about "apt-get "the following packages have
been kept back""
> Hello there.
>
> Can someone explain to me what this message means? :)
>
> amidala:/var# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Depende
Hello there.
Can someone explain to me what this message means? :)
amidala:/var# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
gimp1.1 login python-base python-tk shellutils wmaker
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly
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