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. >
Thanks, Wanderer, dist-upgrade worked fine. Embarrassed to admit I forgot all about that command. Must be having senior moments :( -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |
