Debian - distribution upgrade problem

Typically, by running the below command would upgrade the distribution :

  1. apt-get update
  2. apt-get upgrade
  3. apt-get dist-upgrade

Occasionally there would be errors like “The following packages have been kept back”. A quick solution to it is :

  1. apt-get upgrade
  2. apt-get dist-upgrade
  3. apt-get install <package, not packages kept back>

then :

apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

(again …)

HAPPY PATCHING !!!

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