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== the following packages have been kept back: == | == the following packages have been kept back: == | ||
Time to apt-get dist-upgrade | Time to apt-get dist-upgrade. But it could be different things. | ||
See https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it | |||
Perhaps: | |||
apt-get upgrade package-that-is-kept-back | |||
== change default editor == | == change default editor == | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 4 January 2023
Sites
Security
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/
- debsecan
- debsum
Links
Netboot/PXE
Documentation
- Compiling kernels the Debian way
- aptitude is often nicer than apt-get, but be careful
- apt-file to find package providing a certain file
https
https on debian testing is a mess, ignore:
- make-ssl-cert
- apache2-ssl-certificate in apache2.2-common only?
- http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/349
http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php looks promising
Handling packages
Pinning
FAQ
the following packages have been kept back:
Time to apt-get dist-upgrade. But it could be different things. See https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it Perhaps:
apt-get upgrade package-that-is-kept-back
change default editor
update-alternatives --config editor
change timezone
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
kernel packages
- kernel-image
- kernel-source
volatile
clean cache
apt-get clean
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
First try
dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
reportbug: The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
Ignore than and just continue ( see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900254 )
apt-get update throwing KEYEXPIRED
Ignore that, it updated just fine. You migh run into the usual warnings when installing packaged. To Be Documented. For example:
deb [trusted=yes]
Show more package information
apt-cache show packagename*
W: GPG error:
http://ftp2.de.debian.org etch/volatile Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EC61E0B0BBE55AB3
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys EC61E0B0BBE55AB3 #and that other thing
Or just:
apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install debian-archive-keyring
Or
apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 8B48AD6246925553
show dependency tree
apt-cache dotty apt-rdepends
show dependencies
apt-cache rdepends aptitude why
What package does a file belong to?
dpkg -S /path/to/file
