On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 08:44:55AM +0300, Mihalis I. Tsoukalos wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:19:00AM +0100, Nick Boyce wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:47:09 +0300, Mihalis I. Tsoukalos wrote: > > > > >why do I get the following message: > > > > > >racoon:~# apt-get upgrade > > >Reading Package Lists... Done > > >Building Dependency Tree... Done > > >The following packages have been kept back > > > kdeartwork kdeartwork-theme-desktop kdebase kdeprint > > >0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not > > >upgraded. > > > > It depends what exactly you were trying to achieve. If you were > > simply updating your system with slightly modified versions (say > > security updates) of packages which are already on your system, then > > yes, you're right, they should have been updated by the above command. > > > > However, if you're trying to install a major upgrade (say from one > > release of KDE to another), then for reasons I don't fully understand > > the standard advice is that you must run > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > rather than > > apt-get upgrade > > As an example, IIUC "upgrade" will never *remove* an existing package > > from your system if it conflicts with one of the new packages to be > > installed - however "dist-upgrade" *will* do that, and will do > > anything else necessary to ensure the upgrade you requested does > > actually happen. > > > > What I don't understand is why anyone ever does simple "upgrade" when > > it seems that "dist-upgrade" is cleverer and more useful. > > > > If what I've just said doesn't help, then give us more information on > > what kind of update/upgrade you're actually trying to do (and tell us > > which Debian release you're using). > > Still no luck I think. > > home:~# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > kdeartwork-theme-desktop kdebase kdeprint > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not > upgraded. > home:~# apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > efax kdeartwork-theme-icon kdewallpapers > 3 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > upgraded. > Need to get 9121kB of archives. After unpacking 365kB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y > > What else can I do? > > have a nice day, > Mihalis. > > -- > 08:42:54 up 29 days, 18:26, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.09, 0.03
My fault. It worked: home:~# apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. home:~# cheers, Mihalis. -- 09:10:24 up 29 days, 18:53, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.04, 0.01 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
