packages that have been kept back

packages that have been kept back

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi all.

On my debian box, I am told that there are 2 packages which have been
kept back. Since I have not requested that they be kept back, and
since I would like to upgrade these packages, can someone please tell
me what I should do to take off the hold?
Thanks.

Greg


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Re: packages that have been kept back

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  If you're running unstable, check the dependencies of the packages
held back.  It's likely they depend on packages that haven't been
upgraded yet.

         Kenny

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:14:09PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> On my debian box, I am told that there are 2 packages which have been
> kept back. Since I have not requested that they be kept back, and
> since I would like to upgrade these packages, can someone please tell
> me what I should do to take off the hold?
> Thanks.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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Re: packages that have been kept back

[Gregory Nowak]

Ok, how do I do that?

Greg


On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:44:29PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.  If you're running unstable, check the dependencies of the packages
> held back.  It's likely they depend on packages that haven't been
> upgraded yet.
> 
>          Kenny
> 

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Re: packages that have been kept back

[Kenny Hitt]

There are several ways depending on what tool you use.  Use the d
command in aptitude to see the dependencies.  If you use dselect, it
will tell you that a package can't be upgraded because of unmet
dependencies when you try to upgrade.
apt-cache depends package_name
will also show you the dependencies of a package.  Apt-cache isn't much
help because you will have to look at the version of each package to
figure out what is causing the problem.  Aptitude and dselect are more
user friendly for this.

          Kenny
	  
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:42:26PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Ok, how do I do that?
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:44:29PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > Hi.  If you're running unstable, check the dependencies of the packages
> > held back.  It's likely they depend on packages that haven't been
> > upgraded yet.
> > 
> >          Kenny
> > 
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