The following packages have been kept back

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I have already tried all the usual fixes to this .. no luck so far

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libglib2.0-0:i386 libhwloc-plugins
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

none of the following help

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 06 '18 at 19:24

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Just copy the package names that have been kept back and add them on a apt-get install statement.

sudo apt-get install package-names

Your case will be:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-0:i386 libhwloc-plugins

edited Jan 06 '18 at 19:24

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answered Mar 05 '15 at 20:35

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I had to just remove both and it cleared it up - thanks – Scott Stensland Mar 05 '15 at 20:55
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To get a little insight into the package you can use `apt-cache policy {packagename}` – STW Aug 29 '15 at 09:16
As is mentioned in the [linked question](http://askubuntu.com/a/602/325210), `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade` is the best solution, its not a good idea to `apt-get install` the packages. – mcfedr Nov 18 '16 at 12:17
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Actually the linked question state "`dist-upgrade` can be quite dangerous". – Pablo Bianchi Mar 24 '19 at 22:08

The following packages have been kept back

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