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mikodo
July 4th, 2010, 01:05 AM
Hi everyone,

Why are 3 Linux headers being held back. I guessing it has to do with a question I answered regarding the kernel selection when installing Lucid. Here is the end result of my
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade:


The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
mikodo@mikodo-desktop:~$

How can I change things, so that I receive the newest headers? Or, is this somthing not that important, as everything is running smoothly, in this, the only OS on my computer?

Thanks

EDIT: Would sudo aptitude dist-upgrade sort it out?
wojox
July 4th, 2010, 01:09 AM
Try this:


sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
mikodo
July 4th, 2010, 01:20 AM
Try this:


sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Yes that did it!

Thanks,

Mike
noneofthem
July 8th, 2010, 10:16 AM
Hey!

Iīve got the same issue on 10.10 alpha 2 but "sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" didnīt do it for me. Any suggestions? I am lost.

Thanks a lot!

none of them
philinux
July 8th, 2010, 12:33 PM
Hey!

Iīve got the same issue on 10.10 alpha 2 but "sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" didnīt do it for me. Any suggestions? I am lost.

Thanks a lot!

none of them

You dont need the double upgrade by the way this will do "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

In the development release using dist-upgrade can remove packages so be very careful.
Instead use this.

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
If any packages are still held back it means all the dependencies are still not available.

See this forums stickys. Maverick (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=385)
And post in there for 10.10 issues.
noneofthem
July 9th, 2010, 09:46 AM
Thanks a lot! That did it for me! :-)

All the best from Germany!

none of them
mikodo
July 14th, 2010, 06:21 PM
Sorry, I had realized that the command should have been

sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgradeI should have corrected it, for anyone else to read. Done now.

Good thing though, that it wasn't used in a Alpha/developmental release, as Phil pointed out.

Mike