Answer by marc-medley for "The following packages have been kept back:" Why and how do I solve it?

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic and newer Ubuntu versions … provide a streamlined syntax via apt full-upgrade which functions like apt-get dist-upgrade.

sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo apt upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be installed if required to satisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the upgrade for this package isn't performed.

sudo apt full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.

Note: sudo apt full-upgrade remains on the current distribution.

See: apt man page: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 22.10