Ubuntu server holding back on me

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:02:10 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>The following packages have been kept back:
>  linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic

For example take a look at the dependency chain of the package
"linux-image-generic",
https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/linux-image-generic .

One of the dependencies is the package "linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic".
This means that there is the need to remove a package named
                                       "linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic",
to upgrade the meta package "linux-image-generic".

Actually you could install "linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic" without
removing "linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic", but as already pointed out, you
cannot upgrade "linux-image-generic" without removing
"linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic".

"linux-image-x.y.p-q-generic" is for any other version but
"linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic", e.g.
"linux-image-1.2.3-4-generic"