# Orange Pi - The following packages have been kept back on Ubuntu

Have you ever face this issue? this is a precaution to prevent of the server being break.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1679282797282/ff258685-466b-46bb-b1e6-a75cf05aaf9b.png align="center")

How to deal with it? Fortunately, it is simple. We can use tool of `aptitude` to upgrade what's being kept back.

First we need to install it if you don't have it already:

```bash
sudo apt-get install aptitude -y
```

then we can upgrade them by this command:

```bash
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
```

Voila, we have upgrade them.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1679282980220/943b814c-6686-4396-8f22-f7de8d67075c.png align="center")

or, alternatively if you don't want to install new package, you can reinstall the packages by running:

```bash
sudo apt install <kept-reverted-package>
```

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Reference:

* [https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-fix-apts-the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-issue/](https://s.id/1D7s3)