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The Medibuntu repository was discontinued and is no longer available.

As a consequence, you might see error messages in the Update Manager, Package Manager and Software Manager.

The solution is to remove Medibuntu from your list of repositories:

• Open a terminal
• Type gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list to edit the list of repositories (replace “gedit” with “pluma” if you are running MATE, or with “kate” if you are running KDE)
• Remove any line which contains “medibuntu” in it and save the file
• Type apt update in the terminal

Notes:

• If you are running Linux Mint 15 you’ve nothing to do (Medibuntu isn’t used in Mint 15)
• If you are running the KDE edition, sources might not be present in /etc/apt/sources.list but in another file in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory instead

Medibuntu provided us with additional codecs since 2006. It’s sad to see them go and we wish their maintainers the best of luck for the future.

In Linux Mint 16 onwards libdvdcss2 (which allows us to watch DVDs) will be provided via a new Linux Mint repository at http://extra.linuxmint.com.

Cinnamon 2.0 was released today.

The release was announced on Segfault with a preview of the most important new features: http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2013/10/cinnamon-2-0-released/

Cinnamon 2.0 will be in Linux Mint 16 “Petra” which is planned for the end of November, and then ported to LMDE and Linux Mint 13 “Maya” LTS.

Introduction

Update Pack 7 was released as the “latest” update pack today.  If you’re not using Linux Mint Debian, please ignore this post.

If you experience issues or if you’re going through the update at the moment, don’t hesitate to connect to the IRC chatroom (irc.spotchat.org, #linuxmint-debian)

How to upgrade

1. Make sure your mirror is up-to-date

It is not safe to upgrade any package unless your mirror points to UP7

Here is the current status of the LMDE mirrors:

• UP7:
  • http://debian.linuxmint.com/
  • http://debian.lth.se/lmde/
  • http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/linuxmint-debian/
  • http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/
  • http://mirror.komsys.org/pub/linuxmint/debian/
  • http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/debian.linuxmint.com/debian/
  • http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/
  • http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/linux/mint/debian/
  • http://lmde-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/
  • http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/linuxmint-debian/
  • http://mintlinux.mirror.triple-it.nl/debian/
  • http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/linuxmint/debian/
  • http://tux.rainside.sk/mint/debian/
  • http://linuxmint-apt.killerhorse.eu/debian/
• UP6:
  • http://mirrors.fe.up.pt/linuxmint-debian/

To select another mirror:

• Make sure “mint-debian-mirrors” is installed
• Open a terminal and run the following command: mint-choose-debian-mirror

2. Check your APT sources

1. In the Update Manager, click on the “Update Pack Info” button
2. Make sure “Your system configuration” shows up as green and doesn’t show any warnings or errors.
3. If you see a warning or an error, follow the instructions given and repeat the process until they’re gone.

3. Read about the Update Pack

In the “Update Pack Info” window of the Update Manager, make sure to read all the information related to Update Pack 7. Some of it might be irrelevant to you, but it will only take you a minute and it might save you hours.

4. Upgrade the packages

When you’re ready and you know all that there is to know, press the “Install Updates” button.

During the update you’ll be asked a few things. One is quite important.. the new kernel will ask you where to install Grub. Answer with the location of your current Grub menu (which on most systems is “/dev/sda“).

FAQ

Will LMDE get new ISO images with Update Pack 7?

LMDE ISOs will be updated with Update Pack 8 after the Mint 16 release to feature MATE 1.8, Cinnamon 2.0 and all the improvements planned for the upcoming version of Linux Mint.