How To Install mate-polkit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-polkit on Kali Linux. mate-polkit is MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-polkit on Kali Linux.

What is mate-polkit

mate-polkit is:

The mate-polkit package provides a D-Bus session bus service that is used to bring up authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.

This package contains the MATE policy kit authentication agent.

There are three methods to install mate-polkit 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 mate-polkit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-polkit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-polkit

Install mate-polkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-polkit

Install mate-polkit 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 mate-polkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-polkit

How To Uninstall mate-polkit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mate-polkit

Uninstall mate-polkit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-polkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-polkit

Remove mate-polkit Configurations and Data

To remove mate-polkit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-polkit

Remove mate-polkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-polkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-polkit

Dependencies

mate-polkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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