[Errors] Can't upgrade packages: The following packages have been kept back

[Atlantida]

Any help/explanation


atlantida@kubuntu:~$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
libglib2.0-0/jammy-updates 2.72.4-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.72.1-1]
libglib2.0-bin/jammy-updates 2.72.4-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.72.1-1]
libglib2.0-data/jammy-updates,jammy-updates 2.72.4-0ubuntu1 all [upgradable from: 2.72.1-1]
ubuntu-advantage-tools/jammy-updates 27.12~22.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 27.11.3~22.04.1]

atlantida@kubuntu:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Hit:1 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/lak...ash/lwh/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Fetched 110 kB in 1s (120 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done

The following packages have been kept back:
libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data ubuntu-advantage-tools
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

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Operating System: Kubuntu 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-56-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
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[claydoh]

Any help/explanation

There is nothing wrong.
Apt has a new feature that Debian added for Phased updates, and Ubuntu started using this in 21,10, and more prominently with 22.04
Certain updates are sent out more slowly, to smaller number of random users, and eventually to wider numbers.

More background:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phase...in-21-04/20345
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431...buntu-use-them

A couple of ways to check the staus:
apt policy packagename will show the phased status

This page shows the packages with some info: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu...d-updates.html

[Snowhog]

atlantida@kubuntu:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

I'll point out, as will others, that you will be better served if you start using sudo apt full-upgrade instead of sudo apt upgrade.

[Atlantida]

thanks for explanation and fast reply