How To Install policykit-desktop-privileges 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-desktop-privileges on Ubuntu.
What is policykit-desktop-privileges
policykit-desktop-privileges is:
This package provides a set of PolicyKit privileges which allow Administrators to run common actions without being asked for their password:
- mounting and checking internal disk drives (through udisks)
- setting the CPU speed and policy (through the GNOME CPU frequency applet)
- setting the time and timezone (through the GNOME clock applet or through KDE)
- Adding/changing system-wide NetworkManager connections
- Update already installed software
- Configure printers
It does not change privileges for non-Administrators (users who are not in the “admin” or “sudo” group). So this satisfies the typical desktop/laptop use case where the user has full control over the hardware anyway.
This is implemented by shipping a pklocalauthority(8) file.
There are three methods to install policykit-desktop-privileges 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-desktop-privileges 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-desktop-privileges using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install policykit-desktop-privileges
Install policykit-desktop-privileges Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install policykit-desktop-privileges using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install policykit-desktop-privileges
Install policykit-desktop-privileges 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-desktop-privileges using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install policykit-desktop-privileges
How To Uninstall policykit-desktop-privileges on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the policykit-desktop-privileges package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove policykit-desktop-privileges
Uninstall policykit-desktop-privileges And Its Dependencies
To uninstall policykit-desktop-privileges and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove policykit-desktop-privileges
Remove policykit-desktop-privileges Configurations and Data
To remove policykit-desktop-privileges configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge policykit-desktop-privileges
Remove policykit-desktop-privileges configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove policykit-desktop-privileges configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge policykit-desktop-privileges
Dependencies
policykit-desktop-privileges have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-desktop-privileges package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.