Updating Mozilla

[Jaime Davila]

Lord Elrond wrote:
> Jaime Davila wrote:
> 
>>> For some reason or other, I cannot update Mozilla to the current 
>>> version using Synaptic Package Manager or apt-get. I'm using Dapper. 
>>> I'm told there's updates available, but that they can't be done, and 
>>> to use either of the above to do it. When I try, nothing happens. Any 
>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>
>> What messages do you get when you try with apt-get?
> 
> Here's what I see:
> 
>> The following packages have been kept back:
>>   mozilla mozilla-dom-inspector mozilla-mailnews
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> 
> 

Is that with "apt-get install"? From what I read online, that message 
comes up with apt-get upgrade. And then the solution offered is to try 
apt-get install.

BTW, if apt-get gives you that message it's because it can tell that 
there _are_ updates to the packages.

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Jaime J. Davila
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Hampshire College
School of Cognitive Science
jdavila at hampshire dot edu
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