unable to update files

paddy · 01-04-2006, 09:25 AM

hi, whenever I do an ugrade or something with apt, it keeps telling me that these are held back, i.e. not upgraded:

bittorrent-gui contact-lookup-applet libedata-book1.2-2 libpt-plugins-alsa libpt-plugins-v4l2 xfce4-mixer

how can I upgrade them or if they are newest version, how do I tell my ubuntu?

thanks, paddy

Flesym · 01-04-2006, 09:36 AM

Maybe there are some broken dependencies. Try:
apt-get -f install

If that doesn't help try to remove those packages via
dpkg --remove

and reinstall them.

flesym

paddy · 01-05-2006, 05:56 AM

thanks, forcing helped w/ some and removing w/ the others.

Flesym · 01-05-2006, 07:38 AM

Oh, that is good to know, but to avoid misconceptions: 'apt-get -f install' is no "forcing" at all, but stands for '--fix-broken' and is used to solve problems with broken dependencies. See 'man apt-get' for further details.

Bye
-flesym