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Packages in weird state

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Mar 15, 2026472 views
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Problem

On my Debian system I seem to have a few packages in weird state. When I run upgrade, they are always to be intstalled: But when I run autoremove they are to be removed (only to be installed later by dist-upgrade): Any ideas how to fix it? EDIT State before autoremove: State after autoremove: sourc…

Error Output

grzes:/home/ga# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... …

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