How To Install ukui-polkit on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is ukui-polkit

ukui-polkit is:

The ukui-polkit package supports general authentication and biometric authentication that the service is provided by the biometric-auth package.

There are three methods to install ukui-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 ukui-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 ukui-polkit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ukui-polkit

Install ukui-polkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ukui-polkit

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

sudo aptitude -y install ukui-polkit

How To Uninstall ukui-polkit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ukui-polkit

Uninstall ukui-polkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-polkit

Remove ukui-polkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-polkit

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

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

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

Dependencies

ukui-polkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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