How To Install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kauth is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 integration module to perform actions as privileged user

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kf5-kauth`

KAuth is a framework to let applications perform actions as a privileged user.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-kauth.

Install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-kauth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kauth

Install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-kauth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kauth

How To Uninstall kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kauth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kauth

kf5-kauth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/373f8dc235a3ce6f3bef5ac11aa93687d9de02
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/4bf053bf332bb0bac99f485db7af024edb7214
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/bc2908064051b2c566d2fba4888edaa88f3adc
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/53d879fe4f4e50af0f6a4353cbb0e095d9eb8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/2293ade989f0c392e87a51e01c579711ecc189
/usr/lib64/libKF5Auth.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5Auth.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/libKF5AuthCore.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5AuthCore.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kauth
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kauth/backend
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kauth/backend/kauth_backend_plugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kauth/helper
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kauth/helper/kauth_helper_plugin.so
/usr/libexec/kf5/kauth
/usr/libexec/kf5/kauth/kauth-policy-gen
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.kde.kf5auth.conf
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kauth
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kauth/README.md
/usr/share/kf5/kauth
/usr/share/kf5/kauth/dbus_policy.stub
/usr/share/kf5/kauth/dbus_service.stub
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kauth
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kauth/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hne/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hsb/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/lb/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/tt/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kauth5_qt.qm
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kauth.categories

References

kf5-kauth website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kauth on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.