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when i update and upgrade , i show these lines The following packages have been kept back: mysql-utilities 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

but when i use dist-upgrade then i show these lines

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for anki: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for anki: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  mysql-utilities
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

unable to upgrade

1 Answers1

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First step always before updating or installing something is to run sudo apt-get update

Second step is to run your sudo apt-get upgrade or sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

One final point, if there's nothing to upgrade, then it won't upgrade anything.

Daniel
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