[Lee Malatesta wrote...]
-| When I run apt-get upgrade (after running apt-get update),
-| certain packages are held back. How do I force apt to not hold
-| back the ones I want upgraded? The packages I'm most interested
-| in are the Gnome packages. Progeny has made 1.4 available, which
-| I would like to upgrade to, but apt-get insists on holding back
-| the gnome packages.
-|
There are two ways to do this as stated in the FAQ:
1/ use dpkg
o dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt
o edit selections.txt, change the line containing
the package you wish to {install | hold}
For example, from
- gnome-core hold
to
- gnome-core install
o save the file and reload it using
dpkg --set-selections < selections.txt
2/ use dselect
o Enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you
wish to install and press the "+" (for install
or upgrade) or ":" (or "G" for upgrade or leave
uninstalled)
-| I apologize if this is an RTFM question. I've read through the
-| apt-get man page and couldn't find the answer, so if the
-| documentation does answer this, please point me to the correct
-| documentation.
Hope that helps,
Kindest regards,
--ibs.
--
God instructs the heart, not by ideas, but by pains and contradictions.
-- De Caussade
