Ubuntu
update-manager package

  1. Bug #724271
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 724271

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) wrote :

@Jesse:
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$ apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
...

You missed to put "sudo" in front of the command

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Even if your case maybe is not fully identical to bug 721306, removing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau should help solving your 'held package' problem.