Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Beco wrote: > Just to report back: Good stuff! Looks like you are in good shape now. > I think I got. I needed to downgrade everything in the same command > line. Look: > # apt-get install vlc-data=2.0.3-5 libmp3lame0=3.99.5+repack1-3 Yes, that will do it. If you can determine all of the versi

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
Hi guys, Just to report back: To remove kdebase dummy, first: # apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop And to remove kde dummy, first: # apt-get install kde-full Then just remove kde and kdebase. Now: # apt-show-versions | grep -v uptodate epson-inkjet-printer-201215w 1.0.0-1lsb3.2 installed: No a

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 18:14, Beco wrote: > > > Now, guys, how come KDE and KDEBASE does not have archive candidates? > > Where are they? > > Thanks, > Beco. It seems KDE is just a dummy package. Is the correct package kde-full? # apt-cache policy kde-full kde-full: Installed: 5:77+deb7u1 Candi

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 16:17, Bob Proulx wrote: > Beco wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >> > First verify your sources.list file. I didn't see where you said what >> > version of Debian you were using. Stable Wheezy, Testing Jessie, or >> > Unstable Sid. Whatever. Make sure it is consistent. > > I sho

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 15:39, Rob Owens wrote: > find all packages from deb-multimedia.org: > aptitude search '~i ?origin(Unofficial Multimedia Packages)' > > purge all packages from deb-multimedia.org: > aptitude purge '~i ?origin(Unofficial Multimedia Packages)' > Hi Rob, Maybe I'm doing somethi

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 17:06, Beco wrote: > On 10 November 2013 16:17, Bob Proulx wrote: > Im removing all that does not comply with the Debian packages. But > still, I'm having trouble trying to remove specific packages that > insist that I need to get rid of KDE or other big stuffs. > apt-get r

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 16:17, Bob Proulx wrote: > Beco wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: > Make sense? Hopefully. Good luck! Please report back on your > progress so that we (I!) can learn from it! > > Bob Okey Bob! Thanks a lot. You gave me a LOT of food for thought now. I'll try some paths here an

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Beco wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > First verify your sources.list file. I didn't see where you said what > > version of Debian you were using. Stable Wheezy, Testing Jessie, or > > Unstable Sid. Whatever. Make sure it is consistent. I should have asked, can you post your sources.list file? I

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 03:05:34PM -0200, Beco wrote: > Hi guys/gals, > > > I tried to upgrade one of my systems, and it "kept back" some > packages. As I want to upgrade all, I did the following: > > > > # apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading st

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
Hi Bob, On 10 November 2013 14:26, Bob Proulx wrote: > First verify your sources.list file. I didn't see where you said what > version of Debian you were using. Stable Wheezy, Testing Jessie, or > Unstable Sid. Whatever. Make sure it is consistent. Then: > > # apt-get install apt-show-ver

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 14:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I would restore the install from a backup and then run > apt-get dist-upgrade instead of apt-get upgrade. If you don't have a > backup, then backup your Debian now and try a dist-upgrade, perhaps with > the option -s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Beco wrote: > I tried to upgrade one of my systems, and it "kept back" some > packages. As I want to upgrade all, I did the following: Since these are many multimedia packages and many mentions of ffmpeg I think it likely that you have mixed sources. Did you install those from Merillat's archive?

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I would restore the install from a backup and then run apt-get dist-upgrade instead of apt-get upgrade. If you don't have a backup, then backup your Debian now and try a dist-upgrade, perhaps with the option -s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act for a dry run. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Upgrade all "kept back" packages

2013-11-10 Thread Beco
On 10 November 2013 14:05, Beco wrote: > And here I tried remove again the previous command, with the same > result: apt-get wants to remove and strip naked my system. > > How can I eliminate the message "The following packages have been kept > back: mplayer transcode vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notif