org.gnome.Platform branch 45 is end-of-life

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Hello, I get this after updating.
Is it safe to remove?

Info: runtime org.gnome.Platform branch 45 is end-of-life, with reason:
   The GNOME 45 runtime is no longer supported as of September 18, 2024. Please ask your application developer to migrate to a supported platform.


        ID                                Branch        Op
 1.     org.gnome.Platform.Locale         45            r
 2.     org.gnome.Platform                45            r

Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]:
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Are those Flatpaks?

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Yes. I believe so…

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Well, you may be able to continue using them on your XFCE system, but you should probably check to see if newer versions of those Flatpaks have been released. GNOME on Manjaro is currently version 47.

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From the standpoint of ‘will it break my system’ … yes, it would be entirely safe to remove.
No flatpak should be system critical.

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Do I need GNOME stuff on a XFCE system?

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It all depends on if some program needs it. For the core system As well as for flatpaks.

In my handy little cheatsheet around the end i got the 3 relevant commands to update, clean unneeded dependances and cache:

flatpak update
flatpak uninstall --unused
rm -rfv /var/tmp/flatpak-cache-*

To get further insight what needs what you can use the flatpak app warehouse.

As a side note: most of the flatpak apps require gnome. Current runtime is 47, many apps are also 46 which is still supported. 45 does not receive security updates anymore, if anything needs it the app has not been updated from the developer for a long time.

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Safe to remove org.gnome.Platform? As the message says it’s a runtime, a dependancy of a flatpak app you installed. You need to remove the affected flatpak app, not just the runtime. If you want to remove the flatpak app, run this command in your terminal:

flatpak list --app --columns=application,runtime

Based on that list, remove the application ID xy for your runtimes org.gnome.Platform.Locale and org.gnome.Platform with:

flatpak uninstall applicationIDxy

or follow instructions and open an issue on https://github.com/flathub/applicationIDxy to request package upgrade to latest runtime(s).
Replace applicationIDxy with your affected app ID.

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