4 blocked updates

Georgi Kourtev gkourtev at gmail.com
Fri Jun 5 16:05:53 UTC 2009




On Friday 05 June 2009 18:51:40 Muzer wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > Today I received updates for my 32bit computer.  It included 4 blocked
> > updates.  Why are then sent to me if they are blocked?  Thanks!
> >
> > Steven
>
> KPackagekit is a bit rubbish. It refuses to install updates if they have
> additional dependencies. To install them, open konsole or a terminal
> window in dolphin/konqueror, and type the following:
> sudo aptitude update
> <wait for the command to finish>
> sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
>
> It will prompt you if you want to install the additional dependencies;
> type y here. Then they should install.
>

Also, adept is also not blocking these updates.  I believe it can be also used 
in such cases...
gk




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