[Linux-disciples] Telling apt-get not to keep packages back

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:37:38PM -0400, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> I don't think apt-get does this.  Are you sure you're diagnosing
> things right?

It lists a package as 'held back' when I do an apt-get
upgrade, so I do an apt-get install [packageName], and
it goes through fine -- after telling me (in every case)
that an extra package will be installed. So that seems
like the best explanation I can come up with.

> And why not use aptitude?

No one's ever told me why I should do this. What's the
draw of aptitude?

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