Quote Originally Posted by tgm4883 View Post
To go a bit further down the correction path, apt-get dist-upgrade can install new packages and uninstall ones if necessary to resolve dependency issues. apt-get upgrade is not allowed to install new packages. This is usually the cause of packages being "held back" when running apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the correction, I was under the impression that "apt-get upgrade" would have been able to add new packages as well. Seems like there's always something new to learn...