How To Install lxpolkit on Fedora 34

lxpolkit is Simple PolicyKit authentication agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpolkit on Fedora 34.

What is lxpolkit

LXPolKit is a simple PolicyKit authentication agent developed for LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment.

We can use yum or dnf to install lxpolkit on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lxpolkit.

Install lxpolkit on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install lxpolkit

Install lxpolkit on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lxpolkit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lxpolkit

How To Uninstall lxpolkit on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the lxpolkit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lxpolkit

lxpolkit Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/autostart/lxpolkit.desktop
/usr/bin/lxpolkit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/386194c30fbc95085474a46b9506f784136d81
/usr/share/lxsession/ui/lxpolkit.ui

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpolkit on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.