How To Install polkit-qt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install polkit-qt on CentOS 7. polkit-qt is Qt bindings for PolicyKit

Introduction

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

What is polkit-qt

Polkit-qt is a library that lets developers use the PolicyKit API through a nice Qt-styled API. Polkit-qt is a library that lets developers use the PolicyKit API through a nice Qt-styled API.

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

Install polkit-qt 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-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install polkit-qt

Install polkit-qt 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-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install polkit-qt

How To Uninstall polkit-qt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove polkit-qt

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Summary

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