How To Install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-gnome in Fedora 36. polkit-gnome is PolicyKit integration for the GNOME desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36.

What is `polkit-gnome`

polkit-gnome provides an authentication agent for PolicyKit that matches the look and feel of the GNOME desktop.

We can use yum or dnf to install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install polkit-gnome.

Install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install polkit-gnome

Install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install polkit-gnome

How To Uninstall polkit-gnome on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the polkit-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove polkit-gnome

polkit-gnome Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/34a369e4f0325bbee1a78af9bd19dc3f7edf78
/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
/usr/share/doc/polkit-gnome
/usr/share/doc/polkit-gnome/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/polkit-gnome/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/polkit-gnome/README
/usr/share/licenses/polkit-gnome
/usr/share/licenses/polkit-gnome/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/szl/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/polkit-gnome-1.mo

References

polkit-gnome website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-gnome on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).