On 2016-09-29 11:41:59 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 29/09/16 11:21, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2016-09-29 11:13:17 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > >> Trying apt-get upgrade: > >> > >> 11:10:17 root@tony-fr:~# apt-get upgrade > >> Reading package lists... Done > >> Building dependency tree > >> Reading state information... Done > >> Calculating upgrade... Done > >> The following packages have been kept back: > >> db5.1-util phonon-backend-vlc vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify > >> vlc-plugin-pulse > >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > >> > >> I have no packages (deliberately) held back., so how do I get out of > >> this situation? > > > > Wait for the dependencies to be satisfied? > > > Might be a long wait: I'm running Jessie!
Note that the above message is probably not possible with a pure Debian/stable installation (in particular, no multimedia repo). On 2016-09-29 12:07:47 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 29/09/16 12:03, Floris wrote: > > apt-get purge vlc-data > > No!! I don't want to lose this lot: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: [...] In case you want to get rid of the packages from the multimedia repo, an alternate solution could be: apt-get install -t stable vlc-data/stable [...] with all packages that need to be downgraded. But note that downgrading packages is not officially supported and may fail or yield an inconsistent configuration state. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)