How To Install libpolkit-agent-1-0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-agent-1-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpolkit-agent-1-0

libpolkit-agent-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 the authentication agent.

There are three methods to install libpolkit-agent-1-0 on Kali Linux. 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-agent-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-agent-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpolkit-agent-1-0

Install libpolkit-agent-1-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-agent-1-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpolkit-agent-1-0

Install libpolkit-agent-1-0 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-agent-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpolkit-agent-1-0

How To Uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpolkit-agent-1-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpolkit-agent-1-0

Uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolkit-agent-1-0

Remove libpolkit-agent-1-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpolkit-agent-1-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpolkit-agent-1-0

Remove libpolkit-agent-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpolkit-agent-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolkit-agent-1-0

Dependencies

libpolkit-agent-1-0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libpolkit-gobject-1-0

References

• libpolkit-agent-1-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-agent-1-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.