*- On 2 Jan, Oliver Elphick wrote about "Re: 2 questions on apt-get " > Ulrich Hansmair wrote: > >2.apt-get upgrade gives the following message: > > > >... > >The following packages have been kept back: > >dpkg-dev kernel-package perl perl-base > >... > > > >I wanna this packages be included in the normal upgrade-procedure. What is > t > >he > >appropriate action? > > They are kept back because of dependencies on some other packages; these > dependencies cannot be satisfied if they are upgraded. > > You must either remove packages that are causing the problem, or wait for > new versions of the problem packages to become available, or (if you > know what you are doing) force the installation of the packages you > want upgraded. >
Read the apt-get man page. You probably want to run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and not 'apt-get upgrade'. The upgrade option will not remove or change other packages status(i.e. packages will be held back). Or start dselect, select [U]pdate, select [S]elect, hit space, hit return(probably a few times as it sorts out depenencies/conflicts), select [I]nstall. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
