[14.04 64Bit Beta 2] - sudo apt-get upgrade: "The following packages have been kept back:" ?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 15:25 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On 04/18/2014 02:37 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > The output of
> >
> > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> > $ cat/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
> > $ cat /etc/apt/preferences
> > $ cat/etc/apt/preferences.d/*
> > # dpkg -l | grep ^h
> >
> > might be useful.
> 
> I've usually found that problems like "held back" can be resolved by 
> using a 'smarter' package utility than apt-get.
> 
> Such as synaptic  or  aptitude.   Synaptic has the 'fix-broken-packages' 
> option under EDIT but usually either synaptic or aptitude will just go 
> ahead and install the held-back items with everything fixed.

When I use *buntus and Debian, I use Synaptic, I prefer Arch, however,
Synaptic is a backend for apt and only does use different terms for
options provided by apt. Synaptic is helpful for me, since I'm more
familiar with Arch, but apt seems to be a better choice for those who
know how to use it.