How To Install polkitd-javascript on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install polkitd-javascript on Debian 12.
What is polkitd-javascript
polkitd-javascript is:
polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. It was previously named PolicyKit.
This transitional package exists to provide smooth upgrades from older policykit-1 packages in experimental, and can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install polkitd-javascript on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install polkitd-javascript Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install polkitd-javascript using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install polkitd-javascript
Install polkitd-javascript Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install polkitd-javascript using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install polkitd-javascript
Install polkitd-javascript 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 polkitd-javascript using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install polkitd-javascript
How To Uninstall polkitd-javascript on Debian 12
To uninstall only the polkitd-javascript package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove polkitd-javascript
Uninstall polkitd-javascript And Its Dependencies
To uninstall polkitd-javascript and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove polkitd-javascript
Remove polkitd-javascript Configurations and Data
To remove polkitd-javascript configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge polkitd-javascript
Remove polkitd-javascript configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove polkitd-javascript configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polkitd-javascript
Dependencies
polkitd-javascript have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install polkitd-javascript package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
