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    "the following packages have been held back" linux-generic etc

    I switched to AMD64 kubuntu 12.04 precise at the beginning of the month.

    Recently (over at least the past week), when I run apt-get update, I get this:

    The following packages have been held back:
    linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic

    Should I be worried?

    What is going on?

    Thanks,

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    Re: "the following packages have been held back" linux-generic etc

    Those are kernel packages. sudo apt-get upgrade does not update the kernel. You need to use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
    Use whatever OS or desktop works for you. Dual boot or use VMs if you want. Backup your computer regularly, and definitely before upgrading, partitioning, or installing an OS.

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    Re: "the following packages have been held back" linux-generic etc

    Quote Originally Posted by Old_Gray_Wolf View Post
    Those are kernel packages. sudo apt-get upgrade does not update the kernel. You need to use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
    thanks a lot for this! i am running ubuntu since 2006, and this is the first time i had to do dist-upgrade for the kernel to get upgraded... funny, eh? i think it is time for me to move to a more simple distro...

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    Re: "the following packages have been held back" linux-generic etc



    apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade, and do-release-upgrade may not behave exactly the same way in some distros.

    If the distro uses incremental releases or the distro uses rolling releases, apt-get dist-upgrade can have dramatically different results.

    Before using those commands with a distro, you really should research how the distro does upgrades and what those commands actually do.

    If your system upgraded, please mark the thread as solved.
    Last edited by Old_Grey_Wolf; September 13th, 2012 at 01:01 AM.
    Use whatever OS or desktop works for you. Dual boot or use VMs if you want. Backup your computer regularly, and definitely before upgrading, partitioning, or installing an OS.

    No support requests by PM please.

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    Re: "the following packages have been held back" linux-generic etc

    Hi i have also been getting this message, but apt-get upgrade had always updated the kernel in the past but this is the first time i received this message.

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