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WhichWitch62
2018-09-19, 17:00
4.18.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.6-1kali1 (2018-09-10) x86_64 GNU/Linux - GNOME
HDD install

after running apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade, as well as incorporating apt-get autoclean and apt-get autoremove in differing orders still getting the response below

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gnome-flashback gnome-flashback-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded

Attempting to install or reinstall results in

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-flashback : Depends: gnome-flashback-common (= 3.30.0-1) but 3.28.0-1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Checking for held packages results in - dpkg --get-selections | grep -i held

- nothing being listed

Not sure where to go from here

grid
2018-09-20, 13:57
If I have a broken install or missing dependencies, I'll run apt install kali-linux-full. That usually resolves the problem.

I'd take a backup before, just to be safe.

WhichWitch62
2018-09-21, 21:30
thanks, the issue actually resolved itself over time. Think it may have been a "rolling" issue in timing or something