How To Install lxqt-policykit on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-policykit on Debian 10.
What is lxqt-policykit
lxqt-policykit is:
The lxqt-policykit D-Bus session bus service that is used to bring up authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.
This package contains the LXQt policy kit authentication agent.
There are three methods to install lxqt-policykit on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxqt-policykit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-policykit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxqt-policykit
Install lxqt-policykit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-policykit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxqt-policykit
Install lxqt-policykit 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-policykit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxqt-policykit
How To Uninstall lxqt-policykit on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lxqt-policykit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxqt-policykit
Uninstall lxqt-policykit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxqt-policykit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxqt-policykit
Remove lxqt-policykit Configurations and Data
To remove lxqt-policykit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxqt-policykit
Remove lxqt-policykit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxqt-policykit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxqt-policykit
Dependencies
lxqt-policykit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-policykit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.