How To Install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpolkit-gobject-1-0
libpolkit-gobject-1-0 is:
PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains a library for accessing PolicyKit. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.105-26ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: standard Section: libs Source: policykit-1 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 156 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libsystemd0 (>= 213) Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/libpolkit-gobject-1-0_0.105-26ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 39208 MD5sum: 4265c1ae60ad0e6b009b29e46dc38533 SHA1: 8985c73078f91fa2d1a03fcfa83917adaf997f50 SHA256: aa39211664e93735759076b733fe6c4cce7ecad08a9bc29cb08d2f3a58656188 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/ Description-en: PolicyKit Authorization API PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains a library for accessing PolicyKit. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 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 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-0
How To Uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpolkit-gobject-1-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Remove libpolkit-gobject-1-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libpolkit-gobject-1-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpolkit-gobject-1-0
Remove libpolkit-gobject-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpolkit-gobject-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolkit-gobject-1-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-gobject-1-0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
