How To Install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7. polkit-pkla-compat is Rules for polkit to add compatibility with pklocalauthority

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7.

What is polkit-pkla-compat

A polkit JavaScript rule and associated helpers that mostly provide compatibility with the .pkla file format supported in polkit <= 0.105 for users of later polkit releases.

We can use yum or dnf to install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install polkit-pkla-compat.

Install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install polkit-pkla-compat

Install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install polkit-pkla-compat

How To Uninstall polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove polkit-pkla-compat

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-pkla-compat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.