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Looking up libertineotf package on CTAN:, its sources live under the obsolete directory: http://mirror.ctan.org/obsolete/fonts/libertineotf.

Does this mean this package is obsolete? Is there an updated package for Libertine for XeLaTeX?

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The first libertine fonts (always including the sans serif Biolinum) were the Type 1 ones and supported by the first package libertine. After some time the fonts where provided as OpenType and supported by the package libertineotf. For some reason the package was renamed to libertine and the old one was renamed to libertine-legacy (supports only Type 1). Both packages moved to obsolete because the current package libertine supports both types of the fonts: OpenType and Type1. But it is still different in its behaviour to the old package for the Type 1 version, e.g. SmallCaps

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Yes, the package to use is the libertine package. From the documentation:

This package provides support for use of the Linux Libertine and Linux Biolinum families of fonts in LaTeX. Most features are usable with LaTeX and dvips, pdfLaTeX, xeLaTeX and luaLaTeX; the features in Section 5 are only usable with xeLaTeX or luaLaTeX. This package compatibly replaces several earlier packages (libertine-type1, biolinum-type1, libertine) and should provide partial compatibility with the obsolete libertineotf and libertine-legacy packages.

Despite the somewhat ominous sounding language that the new package provides "partial compatibility" with the old packages, I don't think you should be concerned about the old packages too much.

For some more context on the history of the packages see:

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