Has anything been taken out of the repos for 22.2? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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IIRC, when I upgraded from 22 to 22.1, XPlayer, which I rather liked, disappeared from the repos (I've gotten used to using Celluloid at this point, but I'm getting old and don't deal well with changes). I should probably know this by now as a Mint user, but where can I see what's available when I upgrade so I know if I'm going to lose anything?

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[-] stuner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It seems that xplayer was abandoned after the last release in 2022. It is not present in the LM 22 repos. Maybe you still have a version installed from LM21?

I would expect the change in the default app to be mentioned in the release notes, but I can't find anything on the removal of the package in LM22: https://linuxmint.com/rel_wilma.php

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I was actually wondering what else they might have removed from the repos (if anything) so I can find a replacement for it first, thanks tho 👍

[-] stuner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that makes sense. Unfortunately, as far as I know, Mint doesn't provide a list of obsolete or deprecated packages. Even the upstream Ubuntu release notes (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890 for 24.04 / LM 22) don't list removed packages.

What you can do after the upgrade is query for obsolete packages on your system using apt list ?obsolete. It's generally recommended to remove those.