On 9/24/2019 1:41 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 24/09/2019 12:35, The Wanderer wrote: >> On 2019-09-24 at 07:11, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> >>> tony@tony-lx:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade >>> [sudo] password for tony: >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state information... Done >>> Calculating upgrade... Done >>> The following packages have been kept back: >>> linux-image-amd64 >>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me why, please? >> >> Not for certain without more information. >> >> The most likely answer is that to upgrade that package, apt-get would >> have to install one or more new packages that you don't already have >> installed; 'apt-get update' will never install or remove packages, only >> upgrade existing ones. >> >> If you want to let it install new packages or remove installed packages >> in order to complete the upgrade, run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' instead. >> >> Or you might try using 'apt upgrade' or similar; I don't use the 'apt' >> command myself, so I'm not familiar with exactly how things work on that >> side of the fence, but I understand that the behavior is different and >> it may match more closely to what you're expecting. >> >
You can also install the package manually: $ apt-get install linux-image-amd64 -- John Doe
