diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 6dd6be99c2..a179a0c751 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 <!-- Part II -->
 <!-- Chapter 4 -->
 
-<!ENTITY acl-version                  "2.2.52">
-<!ENTITY attr-version                 "2.4.47">
-<!ENTITY consolekit-version           "1.2.1">
 <!ENTITY cracklib-version             "2.9.7">
 <!ENTITY cryptsetup-minor             "2.4">
 <!ENTITY cryptsetup-version           "&cryptsetup-minor;.3">
 <!ENTITY cyrus-sasl-version           "2.1.28">
 <!ENTITY gnupg2-version               "2.3.7">
-<!ENTITY firewalld-version            "0.8.1">
 <!ENTITY gnutls-version               "3.7.7">
 <!ENTITY gpgme-version                "1.18.0">
-<!-- Archived: <!ENTITY haveged-version              "1.9.14"> -->
 <!ENTITY iptables-version             "1.8.8">
 <!ENTITY libcap-version               "2.65">
 <!ENTITY liboauth-version             "1.0.3">
@@ -23,7 +18,6 @@
 <!ENTITY mitkrb-major-version         "1.20">
 <!--<!ENTITY mitkrb-version               "&mitkrb-major-version;.3">-->
 <!ENTITY mitkrb-version               "&mitkrb-major-version;">
-<!ENTITY nftables-version             "0.9.3">
 <!ENTITY nettle-version               "3.8.1">
 
 <!ENTITY nss-dir                      "3_82">
@@ -41,8 +35,6 @@
 <!ENTITY stunnel-version              "5.65">
 <!ENTITY sudo-version                 "1.9.11p3">
 <!ENTITY tripwire-version             "2.4.3.7">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-minor             "2.37">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-version           "&util-linux-minor;.2">
 <!ENTITY volume_key-version           "0.3.12">
 
 <!-- Chapter 5 -->
@@ -66,7 +58,6 @@
 <!ENTITY emacs-version                "28.1">
 <!ENTITY gedit-version                "42.2">
 <!ENTITY joe-version                  "4.6">
-<!ENTITY juffed-version               "0.10.r71.gc3c1a3f">
 <!ENTITY nano-version                 "6.4">
 <!ENTITY vim-version                  "9.0.0228">
 <!ENTITY vim-majmin                   "90">
@@ -97,13 +88,10 @@
 <!ENTITY double-conversion-version    "3.2.1">
 <!ENTITY enchant-version              "2.3.3">
 <!ENTITY exempi-version               "2.6.2">
-<!ENTITY expat-version                "2.1.0">
 <!ENTITY fftw-version                 "3.3.10">
-<!ENTITY gcab-version                 "0.7">
 <!ENTITY glib2-minor                  "2.72">
 <!ENTITY glib2-version                "&glib2-minor;.3">
 <!ENTITY glibmm-version               "2.66.2">
-<!ENTITY gmime-version                "2.6.23">
 <!ENTITY gmime3-version               "3.2.7">
 <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-version "1.72.0">
 <!ENTITY grantlee-version             "5.2.0">
@@ -115,7 +103,6 @@
 <!ENTITY icu-minor                    "1">
 <!ENTITY icu-patch                    "0">
 <!ENTITY icu-version                  "&icu-major;.&icu-minor;"><!-- .&icu-patch;-->
-<!ENTITY icu-dl-version               "&icu-major;_&icu-minor;"><!-- _&icu-patch;-->
 
 <!ENTITY inih-version                 "56">
 <!ENTITY iso-codes-version            "4.11.0">
@@ -134,12 +121,10 @@
 <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-version        "7.6.14">
 <!ENTITY libblockdev-version          "2.27">
 <!ENTITY libbytesize-version          "2.7">
-<!--<!ENTITY libcroco-version             "0.6.13">-->
 <!ENTITY libdaemon-version            "0.14">
 <!ENTITY libdrm-version               "2.4.113">
 <!ENTITY libepoxy-minor               "1.5">
 <!ENTITY libepoxy-version             "&libepoxy-minor;.10">
-<!-- <!ENTITY libesmtp-version             "1.0.6"> -->
 <!ENTITY libgcrypt-version            "1.10.1">
 <!ENTITY libglade-version             "2.6.4">
 <!ENTITY libgpg-error-version         "1.45">
@@ -154,7 +139,6 @@
 <!ENTITY libksba-version              "1.6.0">
 <!ENTITY liblinear-version            "245">
 <!ENTITY libmbim-version              "1.26.4">
-<!--<!ENTITY libnfsidmap-version          "0.26">-->
 <!ENTITY libpaper-version             "1.1.24+nmu5">
 <!ENTITY libportal-version            "0.6">
 <!ENTITY libptytty-version            "2.0">
@@ -162,18 +146,15 @@
 <!ENTITY libqmi-version               "1.30.8">
 <!ENTITY libseccomp-version           "2.5.4">
 <!ENTITY libsigc-version              "2.10.8">
-<!--<!ENTITY libsigc3-version             "3.0.7">-->
 <!ENTITY libsigsegv-version           "2.14">
 <!ENTITY libssh2-version              "1.10.0">
 <!ENTITY libstatgrab-version          "0.92.1">
 <!ENTITY libtasn1-version             "4.19.0">
-<!-- <!ENTITY libuninameslist-version      "20211114"> -->
 <!ENTITY libunique-version            "1.1.6">
 <!ENTITY libunistring-version         "1.0">
 <!ENTITY libunwind-version            "1.6.2">
 <!ENTITY liburcu-version              "0.13.2">
 <!ENTITY libusb-version               "1.0.26">
-<!ENTITY libusb-compat-version        "0.1.5">
 <!ENTITY libuv-version                "1.44.2">
 <!ENTITY libxkbcommon-version         "1.4.1">
 <!-- the libxml2-version is also used for the python2 module,
@@ -188,14 +169,11 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY nodejs-version               "16.17.0">
 <!ENTITY npth-version                 "1.6">
 <!ENTITY nspr-version                 "4.34.1">
-<!ENTITY openobex-version             "1.7.2">
 <!ENTITY pcre-version                 "8.45">
 <!ENTITY pcre2-version                "10.40">
 <!ENTITY popt-version                 "1.18">
 <!ENTITY pth-version                  "2.0.7">
-<!ENTITY ptlib-version                "2.10.11">
 <!ENTITY qca-version                  "2.3.4">
-<!ENTITY qjson-version                "0.8.1">
 <!ENTITY sbc-version                  "2.0">
 <!ENTITY talloc-version               "2.3.4">
 <!ENTITY telepathy-glib-version       "0.24.2">
@@ -220,7 +198,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY glm-version                  "0.9.9.8">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.14">
 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "5.1.0">
-<!--<!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">-->
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "3.0.6">
 <!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.19">
 <!ENTITY lcms2-version                "2.13.1">
@@ -254,24 +231,17 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!-- Chapter 11 -->
 <!ENTITY asciidoctor-version          "2.0.17">
 <!ENTITY bogofilter-version           "1.2.5">
-<!ENTITY chrpath-version              "0.16">
 <!ENTITY compface-version             "1.5.2">
 <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-version   "0.26">
-<!ENTITY gperf-version                "3.0.4">
 <!ENTITY graphviz-version             "5.0.1">
 <!ENTITY gtk-doc-major                "1.33">
 <!ENTITY gtk-doc-version              "1.33.2">
-<!ENTITY gtkhtml-version              "4.10.0">
 <!ENTITY hd2u-version                 "1.0.4">
 <!ENTITY highlight-version            "4.2">
 <!ENTITY ibus-version                 "1.5.27">
-<!ENTITY imagemagick6-version         "6.9.10">
 <!ENTITY imagemagick-version          "7.1.0">
-<!ENTITY intltool-version             "0.50.2">
 <!ENTITY lsof-version                 "4.95.0">
 <!ENTITY pinentry-version             "1.2.1">
-<!ENTITY rarian-version               "0.8.1">
-<!ENTITY recode-version               "3.6">
 <!ENTITY rep-gtk-version              "0.90.8.3">
 <!ENTITY screen-version               "4.9.0">
 <!ENTITY sharutils-version            "4.15.2">
@@ -297,18 +267,15 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.14.0">   <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY elogind-version              "246.10">
 <!ENTITY blocaled-version             "0.4">
-<!ENTITY eudev-version                "1.7">
 <!ENTITY fcron-version                "3.2.1">
 <!ENTITY gpm-version                  "1.20.7">
 <!ENTITY hdparm-version               "9.64">
-<!ENTITY hdwids-version               "20141022">
 <!ENTITY lm-sensors-version           "3-6-0">
 <!ENTITY logrotate-version            "3.20.1">
 <!ENTITY lsb-tools-version            "0.10">
 <!ENTITY mc-version                   "4.8.28">
 <!ENTITY ModemManager-version         "1.18.10">
 <!ENTITY notification-daemon-version  "3.20.0">
-<!ENTITY obex-data-server-version     "0.4.6">
 <!ENTITY p7zip-version                "17.04">
 <!ENTITY pax-version                  "20201030">
 <!ENTITY pciutils-version             "3.8.0">
@@ -317,16 +284,13 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY rasqal-version               "0.9.33">
 <!ENTITY redland-version              "1.0.17">
 <!ENTITY sg3_utils-version            "1.47">
-<!ENTITY strigi-version               "0.7.8">
 <!ENTITY sysstat-version              "12.6.0">
 <!ENTITY systemd-version              "251">
-<!ENTITY udisks-version               "1.0.5">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.9.4">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY unrar-version                "6.1.7">
 <!ENTITY unzip-version                "6.0">
 <!ENTITY upower-version               "1.90.0">
 <!ENTITY usbutils-version             "014">
-<!ENTITY weston-version               "1.12.0">
 <!ENTITY which-version                "2.21">
 <!ENTITY zip-version                  "3.0">
 
@@ -338,17 +302,12 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 
 <!-- Chapter 13 -->
 <!ENTITY autoconf213-version          "2.13">
-<!ENTITY bazaar-version               "2.5.1">
 <!ENTITY cbindgen-version             "0.24.3">
-<!ENTITY check-version                "0.12.0">
 <!ENTITY clisp-version                "2.49">
 <!ENTITY cmake-major-version          "3.24">
 <!ENTITY cmake-minor-version          "1">
 <!ENTITY cmake-version                "&cmake-major-version;.&cmake-minor-version;">
-<!ENTITY dejagnu-version              "1.6.2">
 <!ENTITY doxygen-version              "1.9.5">
-<!ENTITY elfutils-version             "0.170">
-<!ENTITY expect-version               "5.45.4">
 <!ENTITY gcc-version                  "12.2.0">
 <!ENTITY gc-version                   "8.2.2">
 <!ENTITY gdb-version                  "12.1">
@@ -362,8 +321,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY lua52-version                "5.2.4">
 <!ENTITY mercurial-version            "6.2.1">
 <!ENTITY nasm-version                 "2.15.05">
-<!ENTITY ninja-version                "1.9.0">
-<!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "8.1.9">
 
 <!ENTITY python2-majorver             "2.7">
@@ -388,7 +345,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY swig-version                 "4.0.2">
 <!ENTITY sysprof-minor                "3.44">
 <!ENTITY sysprof-version              "&sysprof-minor;.0">
-<!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.6.11">
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.6.12">
 <!ENTITY vala-major-version           "0.56">  <!-- even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY vala-version                 "&vala-major-version;.3">
@@ -396,12 +352,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY yasm-version                 "1.3.0">
 
 <!ENTITY apache-ant-version           "1.10.12">
-<!--
-<!ENTITY maven-version                "3.6.0">
-<!ENTITY junit-major                  "4">
-<!ENTITY junit-version                "4.12">
-<!ENTITY hamcrest-version             "1.3">
--->
 <!ENTITY openjdk-version              "18.0.2">
 <!ENTITY openjdk-build                "8">
 
@@ -422,8 +372,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY Encode-EUCJPASCII-version    "0.03">
 <!ENTITY Encode-HanExtra-version      "0.23">
 <!ENTITY Encode-JIS2K-version         "0.03">
-<!ENTITY Error-version                "0.17026">
-<!--<!ENTITY File-BaseDir-version         "0.08">-->
 <!ENTITY File-Slurper-version         "0.013">
 <!ENTITY File-Which-version           "1.27">
 <!ENTITY HTML-Parser-version          "3.78">
@@ -522,9 +470,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY Params-ValidationCompiler-version "0.30">
 <!ENTITY Path-Tiny-version            "0.122">
 <!ENTITY Role-Tiny-version            "2.002004">
-<!-- the version of the core module in perl-5.36 is 1.62, so
-     not needed
-<!ENTITY Scalar-List-Utils-version    "1.60">-->
 <!ENTITY Scope-Guard-version          "0.21">
 <!ENTITY Specio-version               "0.48">
 <!ENTITY Sub-Exporter-Progressive-version "0.001013">
@@ -561,7 +506,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY XML-NamespaceSupport-version "1.12">
 <!ENTITY XML-SAX-version              "1.02">
 <!ENTITY XML-SAX-Base-version         "1.09">
-<!ENTITY XML-SAX-Expat-version        "0.51">
 
 <!-- Python module versions used in the Python Modules instructions -->
 <!-- <!ENTITY Beaker-version               "1.10.0"> -->
@@ -569,8 +513,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY docutils-version             "0.19">
 <!ENTITY dbus-python-version          "1.2.18">
 <!ENTITY dbusmock-version             "0.28.4">
-<!-- <!ENTITY funcsigs-version             "1.0.2"> -->
-<!ENTITY decorator-version            "5.0.9">
 <!ENTITY Jinja2-version               "3.1.2">
 <!-- libxml2 for Python2 shares the version of libxml2 -->
 <!ENTITY lxml-version                 "4.9.1">
@@ -578,10 +520,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY MarkupSafe-version           "2.1.1">
 <!ENTITY py3c-version                 "1.4">
 <!ENTITY pyatspi2-version             "2.38.2">
-<!--<!ENTITY py2cairo-version             "1.10.0"> -->
 <!ENTITY pycairo2-version             "1.18.2">
 <!ENTITY pycairo-version              "1.21.0">
-<!--<!ENTITY pycrypto-version             "2.6.1"> Replaced by pycryptodome -->
 <!ENTITY pycryptodome-version         "3.15.0">
 <!ENTITY pygments-version             "2.13.0">
 <!ENTITY pygobject2-version           "2.28.7">
@@ -591,12 +531,9 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY PyYAML-version               "6.0">
 <!ENTITY scour-version                "0.38.2">
 <!ENTITY six-version                  "1.16.0">
-<!ENTITY python-slip-version          "0.6.5">
-<!-- <!ENTITY setuptools-version           "30.2.0"> -->
 
 <!-- Part IV -->
 <!-- Chapter 14 -->
-<!--<!ENTITY ppp-version                  "2.4.5">-->
 <!ENTITY dhcpcd-version               "9.4.1">
 <!ENTITY dhcp-version                 "4.4.3">
 
@@ -619,7 +556,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY avahi-version                "0.8">
 <!ENTITY bind-minor-version           "9.18">
 <!ENTITY bind-version                 "&bind-minor-version;.6">
-<!ENTITY mod_dnssd-version            "0.6">
 <!ENTITY NetworkManager-minor         "1.38">
 <!ENTITY NetworkManager-version       "&NetworkManager-minor;.4">
 <!ENTITY network-manager-applet-minor "1.28">
@@ -627,11 +563,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY nmap-version                 "7.92">
 <!ENTITY traceroute-version           "2.1.0">
 <!ENTITY whois-version                "5.4.3">
-<!ENTITY wicd-version                 "1.7.4">
 <!ENTITY wireshark-version            "3.6.7">  <!-- even minor versions only -->
 
-<!ENTITY wicd-major-version           "1.7">
-
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
 <!ENTITY c-ares-version               "1.18.1">
 <!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.85.0">
@@ -642,7 +575,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY ldns-version                 "1.8.3">
 <!ENTITY libevent-version             "2.1.12">
 <!ENTITY libmnl-version               "1.0.5">
-<!ENTITY libnftnl-version             "1.1.5">
 <!ENTITY libnl-version                "3.7.0">
 <!ENTITY libnl-dl-version             "3_7_0">
 <!ENTITY libnma-version               "1.8.40">
@@ -650,7 +582,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY libpcap-version              "1.10.1">
 <!ENTITY libpsl-version               "0.21.1">
 <!ENTITY libndp-version               "1.8">
-<!ENTITY libproxy-version             "0.4.7">
 <!ENTITY libsoup-minor                "2.74">
 <!ENTITY libsoup-version              "&libsoup-minor;.2">
 <!ENTITY libsoup3-minor               "3.0">
@@ -665,14 +596,12 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!-- Chapter 18 -->
 <!ENTITY links-version                "2.27">
 <!ENTITY lynx-version                 "2.8.9rel.1">
-<!ENTITY w3m-version                  "0.5.3">
 
 <!-- Chapter 19 -->
 <!ENTITY mailx-version                "12.5">
 <!ENTITY procmail-version             "3.22">
 <!ENTITY fetchmail-version            "6.4.33">
 <!ENTITY mutt-version                 "2.2.7">
-<!ENTITY alpine-version               "2.21">
 
 <!-- Part V -->
 <!-- Chapter 20 -->
@@ -703,10 +632,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 
 <!-- Chapter 23 -->
 <!ENTITY openldap-version             "2.6.3">
-<!ENTITY soprano-version              "2.9.4">
 <!ENTITY unbound-version              "1.16.2">
-<!ENTITY virtuoso-version             "6.1.8">
-<!ENTITY xinetd-version               "2.3.15">
 
 <!-- Part VI -->
 <!-- Chapter 24 -->                               <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
@@ -742,9 +668,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY libvdpau-va-gl-version       "0.4.0">
 
 <!-- Chapter 25 -->
-<!ENTITY agg-version                  "2.5">
-<!--<!ENTITY amtk-minor                   "5.2">
-<!ENTITY amtk-version                 "&amtk-minor;.0">-->
 <!ENTITY atk-minor                    "2.38">
 <!ENTITY atk-version                  "&atk-minor;.0">
 <!ENTITY atkmm-version                "2.28.3">
@@ -753,7 +676,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY cairo-minor                  "1.17">
 <!ENTITY cairo-version                "&cairo-minor;.6">
 <!ENTITY cairomm-1.0-version          "1.14.0">
-<!ENTITY cairomm-version              "1.16.0">
 <!ENTITY cogl-version                 "1.22.8">
 <!ENTITY clutter-version              "1.26.4">
 <!ENTITY clutter-gst-version          "3.0.27">
@@ -773,7 +695,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY gtk4-minor                   "4.6">
 <!ENTITY gtk4-version                 "&gtk4-minor;.7">
 <!ENTITY gtk-engines-version          "2.20.2">
-<!--<!ENTITY gtkmm2-version               "2.24.5">-->
 <!ENTITY gtkmm3-version               "3.24.6">
 <!ENTITY gtksourceview-version        "3.24.11">
 <!ENTITY gtksourceview4-version       "4.8.3">
@@ -793,11 +714,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY pangomm-version              "2.46.2">
 <!ENTITY qt5-version                  "5.15.5">
 <!ENTITY qtwebengine-version          "5.15.10">
-<!ENTITY qtwebkit-version             "5.9.0">
-<!ENTITY qscintilla-version           "2.10.4">
 <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-version     "2.2">
 <!ENTITY startup-notification-version "0.12">
-<!--<!ENTITY tepl-version                 "6.00.0">-->
 <!ENTITY webkitgtk-version            "2.36.7">    <!-- Even minors only -->
 
 <!ENTITY gtk2-libdir                  "2.0/2.10.0">
@@ -807,7 +725,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY lightdm-version              "1.32.0">
 <!ENTITY lightdm-gtk-greeter-version  "2.0.8">
 <!ENTITY lxdm-version                 "0.5.3">
-<!ENTITY sddm-version                 "0.16.0">
 
 <!-- Chapter 27 -->
 <!ENTITY fluxbox-version              "1.3.7">
@@ -832,7 +749,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY phonon-backend-gstreamer-version "4.10.0">
 <!ENTITY phonon-backend-vlc-version   "0.11.3">
 <!ENTITY polkit-qt-version            "0.114.0">
-<!ENTITY polkit-kde-agent-version     "0.99.0">
 <!ENTITY libdbusmenu-qt-version       "0.9.3+16.04.20160218">
 
 <!-- KF5 and Plasma -->
@@ -843,7 +759,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 
 <!ENTITY kf5apps-version       "22.08.0">
 <!ENTITY kf5apps-download-http "https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/&kf5apps-version;/src">
-<!ENTITY kf5apps-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/&kf5apps-version;/src">
 
 <!ENTITY plasma5-version       "5.25.4">
 
@@ -875,7 +790,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY xfce4-session-version        "4.16.0">
 
 <!-- Chapter 36 -->
-<!ENTITY midori-version               "0.5.11">
 <!ENTITY parole-version               "4.16.0">
 <!ENTITY mousepad-version             "0.5.10">
 <!ENTITY vte2-version                 "0.28.2">
@@ -883,9 +797,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY xfce4-terminal-version       "&xfce4-terminal-minor;.4">
 <!ENTITY xfburn-version               "0.6.2">
 <!ENTITY ristretto-version            "0.12.3">
-<!ENTITY xfce4-mixer-version          "4.10.0">
 <!ENTITY xfce4-notifyd-version        "0.6.3">
-<!ENTITY xfce4-dev-tools-version      "4.14.0">
 <!ENTITY xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-version "0.4.3">
 
 <!-- Part X -->
@@ -909,39 +821,10 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY lxtask-version               "0.1.10">
 <!ENTITY lxterminal-version           "0.4.0">
 
-<!-- Chapter 40 -->
-<!--<!ENTITY lxqt-version                 "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-build-tools-version     "0.4.0">
-<!ENTITY libsysstat-version           "0.4.0">
-<!ENTITY libqtxdg-version             "3.1.0">
-<!ENTITY libfm-qt-version             "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY liblxqt-version              "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-admin-version           "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-l10n-version            "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-globalkeys-version      "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-panel-version           "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY pcmanfm-qt-version           "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-qtplugin-version        "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-policykit-version       "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-powermanagement-version "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-config-version          "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-about-version           "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-themes-version          "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-notificationd-version   "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-runner-version          "&lxqt-version;">
-<!ENTITY lxqt-session-version         "&lxqt-version;"> LXQT is no longer in the book -->
-
-<!-- Chapter 41 -->
-<!--<!ENTITY lximage-qt-version           "0.6.0">
-<!ENTITY obconf-qt-version            "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY qtermwidget-version          "0.8.0">
-<!ENTITY qterminal-version            "0.8.0"> LXQT is no longer in the book -->
-
 <!-- Part X -->
 <!-- Chapter 39 -->
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 <!-- Chapter 40 -->
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-<!-- falcon is now a part of kf5-gear
-
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-<!ENTITY falkon-version               "&falkon-major-version;.&falkon-minor-version;">-->
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 <!-- Chapter 41 -->
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-<!--<!ENTITY fontforge-date               "2015-02-28">-->
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-<!ENTITY icedtea-web-version          "1.7.1">
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 <!-- For point versions -->
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 <!-- For minor versions -->
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-<!ENTITY xchat-version                "2.8.8">
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 <!ENTITY xscreensaver-version         "6.04">
 
@@ -1015,7 +884,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
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@@ -1031,7 +899,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
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@@ -1041,7 +908,6 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
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-<!ENTITY opal-version                 "3.10.10">
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-<!--<!ENTITY freetts-version              "1.2.2">-->
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-<!--<!ENTITY amarok-version               "2.8.0">-->
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 <!-- Chapter 44 -->
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-<!--<!ENTITY k3b-version                  "2.0.3">-->
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 <!-- Part XII -->
 <!-- Chapter 46 -->
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 <!ENTITY xmlto-version                "0.0.28">
 
 <!-- Chapter 50 -->
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-<!ENTITY psutils-version              "p17">
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