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Apt, packages kept back: why and how to resolve it? (lemmy.g97.top)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.g97.top/post/56902

Hi, I've this situation when I apt upgrade. There are many pipewire-related packages kept back. Why? How can I solve it?

Thank you!

EDIT: dist-upgrade summary

EDIT2: Ok I solved it with

apt autoremove # only to remove old packages. it didn't solved the problem

apt update

apt dist-upgrade

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not sure about apt, but with apt-get the default behavior for upgrade is to hold back packages with new dependencies that are not currently installed. in that case, running sudo apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs should get those packages upgraded as well, assuming that dependency conflicts aren't a factor, too