I have the same problem as @Jarle Hammen Knudsen from this question, but the solutions that worked for them somehow don’t work for me. I originally posted this there, but it got deleted because it "doesn't answer the question", so I'll just ask another question with the same name and tags. If this is not allowed, please just e-mail me with an answer.
I'm using GNURoot Debian v.0.6.12_armhf to run Debian 8.10 on my Samsung Galaxy S5 (model SM-G903M, Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop"), just in order to have R on my phone (in part because my PC is broken and in part because it's more practical). However, I have five packages that have been held back: r-base, r-base-dev, r-cran-boot, r-cran-codetools, and r-recommended.
At first, I tried @Gregory Smitherman's solution, installing one package at the time:
root@localhost:/# apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
r-base/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-base-dev/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-cran-boot/jessie-cran35 1.3-20-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 1.3-13-1]
r-cran-codetools/jessie-cran35 0.2-15-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 0.2-9-1]
r-recommended/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
root@localhost:/# apt-get install r-base
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:
r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
Depends: r-recommended (= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Then I tried installing the dependencies one at the time:
root@localhost:/# apt-get install r-base-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
r-base-core is already the newest version.
r-base-core set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Then I tried using apt-get install -f to fix dependencies one at the time:
root@localhost:/# apt-get install -f r-base
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:
r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
Depends: r-recommended (= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Then I tried all at once:
root@localhost:/# apt-get install -f r-base r-base-core r-base-dev r-cran-boot r-cran-codetools r-recommended
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
r-base-core is already the newest version.
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:
r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
r-base-dev : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
r-cran-boot : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
Depends: r-api-3.5 but it is not installable
r-cran-codetools : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
Depends: r-api-3.5 but it is not installable
r-recommended : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0) but 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Next, I tried @Dimuth Tharaka Menikgama's second alternate solution:
root@localhost:/# apt list --upgradable Listing... Done
r-base/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-base-dev/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-cran-boot/jessie-cran35 1.3-20-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 1.3-13-1]
r-cran-codetools/jessie-cran35 0.2-15-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 0.2-9-1]
r-recommended/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
root@localhost:/# sudo apt-get -s dist-upgrade
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.
Then I tried @GAD3R's original solution:
root@localhost:/# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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.
But still, the problem persisted:
root@localhost:/# apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
r-base/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-base-dev/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
r-cran-boot/jessie-cran35 1.3-20-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 1.3-13-1]
r-cran-codetools/jessie-cran35 0.2-15-1.1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 0.2-9-1]
r-recommended/jessie-cran35 3.5.0-1~jessiecran.0 all [upgradable from: 3.3.3-1~bpo8+1]
Lastly, I tried apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, but it didn't work this time any more than it did last time I'd tried it.
root@localhost:/# apt-get update
[censored because I don't have 10 points of reputation and these count as links]
Fetched 445 kB in 18s (23.9 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@localhost:/# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
r-base r-base-dev r-cran-boot r-cran-codetools
r-recommended
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Please help by providing a solution that updates/upgrades the five aforementioned packages.
