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There are new updates for 22.04 and after entering the apt-get upgrade command. I got this:

The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic linux-generic-hwe-22.04 linux-headers-generic
  linux-headers-generic-hwe-22.04 linux-image-generic
  linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 linux-modules-nvidia-510-generic-hwe-22.04
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.

I had the exact same packages that were kept back a while back when using 20.04. And solved it either manually doing

apt-get install or apt-get dist-upgrade of which i cannot recall which was used. Hence, could somebody let me know which is the "safer" solution or is there a new solution with 22.04?

Update

I went over to the Software Updater GUI and those 7 held back packages appeared and I was able to upgrade through the software updater without any problem. Weird thing was while in installation, snap popped up a couple of times.

Nmath
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  • You might have had similar issue as me - simultaneous upgrade of kernel and NVIDIA driver. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403264/ubuntu-20-04-wants-to-do-partial-upgrade-for-newest-kernel-upgrade – raj Apr 25 '22 at 20:09
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    apt-get install is the command to install a package and needs you to specify a package. That won't solve your problem here. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade will upgrade all your packages to the most recent version and will intelligently handle dependencies including deleting dependencies if needed. This could solve the problem. Remember to always run sudo apt update before you start any other tasks in apt – Nmath Apr 25 '22 at 20:11
  • Raj and Nmath, thank you for the reply. As updated in my post, Software Updater didn't held back the packages, hence, i went ahead using it instead of running command thru the terminal. However, as mentioned, it was weird seeing snap popping up during installation. But when I typed snap list in the terminal, none of the packages appeared in the list. – ManOnTheMoon Apr 25 '22 at 20:18
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    It is likely that this is due to the new Phased Updates feature. It can be disabled or synchronized. There is more info in this question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1420969/how-to-force-packages-that-have-been-kept-back-to-be-installed-as-automat – Utkonos Jul 30 '22 at 14:41
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    Does this answer your question? How to force "packages [that] have been kept back" to be installed [as] "automatic" – Utkonos Jul 30 '22 at 14:41

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