libgl1-mesa dependencies prevent update

[francwalter]

Hello

on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server (64 Bit) I have some updates in aptitude (GUI) which won't be installed because the packages are hold automatically (A):

ligbl1-mesa-dri
libgl1-mesa-glx
libglapi-mesa

There are dependencies which would break if I forced updates, aptitude says, e.g.:

libgl1-mesa-dri replaces libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
libgl1-mesa-glx replaces libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
libglapi-mesa replaces libglapi-mesa:i386

I have not installed these i386-packages on my 64-bit machine anyway!
And I don't have any GUI or X11 installed on the server.

Can I just force these updates or will I break important programs?

As well I have 13 packages which are hold back (manually I guess):

dkms
isc-dhcp-client
isc-dhcp-common
libdrm-intell
libdrm-nouveau1a
libdrm-radeon1
libdrm2
libplymouth2
plymouth
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text
ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-standard
upstart

All these are hold on their version without any comment about breaking some other package dependencies.
Can I force these updates too?

Kind thanks for an answer, frank

[ibjsb4]

What about trying a dist-upgrade (#3)?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#Maintenance_commands

[francwalter]

Yes!
This did the trick, the updates were done successfully with this command:

apt-get dist-upgrade

Thank you!

frank

[ibjsb4]

Welcome :)

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