Packages kept back [Solved]

[nirav]

Hello,

Need some help understanding "Packages kept back Issue". What I need to do?
Receving following when I ran update

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and in Discover I see the following

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When I ran aptitude following is the output

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System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-5mx-ahs-amd64 [6.5.13-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-5mx-ahs-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.1_KDE_x64 Libretto
    October 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7480 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.33.1 date: 09/22/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.1 Wh (89.6%) condition: 57.0/60.0 Wh (95.0%) volts: 7.9 min: 7.6
    model: SMP DELL DM3WC64 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
    stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 400/3500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 21599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x06ee built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158
    gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.0-5mx-ahs-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:3
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 100
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 596.69 GiB used: 35.89 GiB (6.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 model: 128GB size: 116.48 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P3SSD8 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: P9CR30A temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 14.45 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 150 GiB size: 146.59 GiB (97.72%) used: 15.77 GiB (10.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 9.6 MiB (1.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 293.26 GiB size: 287.59 GiB (98.07%) used: 20.1 GiB (7.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 22 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
    maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 38.5 C mobo: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2504 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2490 libs: 1345 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list
    1: deb http://apt.insync.io/debian bookworm non-free contrib
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
    1: deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main
    2: deb https://mirror.cogentco.com/debian/ bookworm main
    3: deb https://mirror.0x626b.com/debian/ bookworm main
    4: deb https://mirrors.bloomu.edu/debian/ bookworm main
    5: deb https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/debian/ bookworm main
    6: deb https://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian/ bookworm main
    7: deb https://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ bookworm main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
Info:
  Processes: 245 Uptime: 1h 22m wakeups: 101 Memory: 15.37 GiB used: 4.84 GiB (31.5%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[Charlie Brown]

Did you previously mark anything to be held?

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apt-mark showhold

[CharlesV]

Going to provide two answers here ...
First:
Typically when I have seen this it means that dependencies have changed and those apps / libraries are out of sync.

What I do when I see this:

1) make sure your repo lists are updated

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 sudo apt update
 
 

2) Go through the list you posted, one by one attempting to install them. Exp:

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sudo apt install pipewire-setup-mx

This will typically show you what dependencies are failing, and then you would attempt to load the dependency and see why IT might be failing. Work through this list and then see what happens.

3) Normally, DONT do a sudo apt upgrade until you have resolved the issues here!!


Second: And in your case here. These are all pipewire updates... and there was a bit of an issue with pipewire updates yesterday or day before. SO..
sudo apt update and then do a sudo apt upgrade and see if this resolves - I believe that it will.

[Stevo]

I think that's solved now, but aptitude can help out many times with "why" and "why-not" arguments, as in

"aptitude why-not <packagename>"

[operadude]

Did you previously mark anything to be held?

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apt-mark showhold

Thanks for that!

I have a package held-back, and forgot about this command.

Thanks for the reminder!

I think that's solved now, but aptitude can help out many times with "why" and "why-not" arguments, as in

"aptitude why-not <packagename>"

And thanks for this, too!
Very helpful

[nirav]

Hi Charles,

After installing pipewire all the issues got resolved. Thank you so much.