How To Install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xfce-polkit
Simple PolicyKit authentication agent for Xfce.
We can use yum or dnf to install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce-polkit.
Install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xfce-polkit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfce-polkit
Install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xfce-polkit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfce-polkit
How To Uninstall xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xfce-polkit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfce-polkit
xfce-polkit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/xdg/autostart/xfce-polkit.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/bdb1602b5e52e0a08b611e4dfaa74c23a48964
/usr/libexec/xfce-polkit
/usr/share/doc/xfce-polkit
/usr/share/doc/xfce-polkit/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfce-polkit/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xfce-polkit
/usr/share/licenses/xfce-polkit/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce-polkit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.