On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:29:39 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: >>> > virtualbox has been purged from my system, but that file: # ls -l >>> > /var/lib/dpkg/available >>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25094284 Feb 19 08:00 >>> > /var/lib/dpkg/available >>> > >>> > is rather large... >>> >> Try running "dpkg --clear-avail". >> >> > that did it!! no more error!!!
Good :-) > the only other question I have is, why are all these packages being held > back?? > # apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages have been kept back: (...) There are many :-O > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 281 not upgraded. I can aventure why a package is "kept back" (it may have unmet dependencies that cannot be managed by just "apt-get upgrade" and needs "apt-get dist-upgrade) but being hundreds of packages in your case I would not try that, it can be dangerous. Wait until someone in the know can give you an accurate-and-safe advice :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.02.19.19.38...@gmail.com