How To Install polkitd-pkla on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install polkitd-pkla on Debian 12.
What is polkitd-pkla
polkitd-pkla 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 package configures the polkitd D-Bus service to read default authorization policies from .desktop-style files in subdirectories of /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority. It is compatible with the version of polkitd used in Debian 11 and older releases.
There are three methods to install polkitd-pkla 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-pkla 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-pkla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install polkitd-pkla
Install polkitd-pkla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install polkitd-pkla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install polkitd-pkla
Install polkitd-pkla 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-pkla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install polkitd-pkla
How To Uninstall polkitd-pkla on Debian 12
To uninstall only the polkitd-pkla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove polkitd-pkla
Uninstall polkitd-pkla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall polkitd-pkla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove polkitd-pkla
Remove polkitd-pkla Configurations and Data
To remove polkitd-pkla configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge polkitd-pkla
Remove polkitd-pkla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove polkitd-pkla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polkitd-pkla
Dependencies
polkitd-pkla have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install polkitd-pkla package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
