apt-get held back
 

Can anyone explain why apt-get holds back some program upgrades? I recently ran it and it upgraded 4 programs and held four back. Just wondering why. Thanks

I was in doubt, but found this :D

Your current package configuration, and available upgrade packages,
conflict with existing versions of some package. Until the dependencies
are resolved, the older version of the package is retained -- the
package is "held back".

Typically, these issues resolve over time. You can force updates (and
risk conflicts) by using apt-get or dpkg manually on a specific package,
see man pages.

apt-get will not update things w/ addl pakg requirements w/o your explicit command. So if you see there are updates that are not being installed you must tell apt: "apt-get install $pkg_name" and it will tell you that there are new pkgs to install. Just hit "y" and [enter] and it will install/upgrade.

Thanks for the info