How To Install policykit-1-gnome on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-gnome on Ubuntu.
What is policykit-1-gnome
policykit-1-gnome is:
PolicyKit-gnome provides a D-Bus session bus service that is used to bring up authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.
This implementation was originally designed for GNOME 2, but most GNOME-based desktop environments, including GNOME 3, GNOME Flashback, and MATE, have their own built-in PolicyKit agents and no longer use this one. The remaining users of this implementation are Cinnamon, XFCE and Unity.
There are three methods to install policykit-1-gnome on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install policykit-1-gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install policykit-1-gnome
Install policykit-1-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install policykit-1-gnome
Install policykit-1-gnome Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install policykit-1-gnome
How To Uninstall policykit-1-gnome on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the policykit-1-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove policykit-1-gnome
Uninstall policykit-1-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall policykit-1-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove policykit-1-gnome
Remove policykit-1-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove policykit-1-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge policykit-1-gnome
Remove policykit-1-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove policykit-1-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge policykit-1-gnome
Dependencies
policykit-1-gnome have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-gnome package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.