xfce-polkit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "xfce-polkit" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install xfce-polkit on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xfce-polkit
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xfce-polkit on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xfce-polkit
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xfce-polkit" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone xfce-polkit's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xfce-polkit.git 
            
                        
                ~/xfce-polkit
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/xfce-polkit folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/xfce-polkit
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xfce-polkit package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 738115
Name: xfce-polkit
PackageBaseID: 103159
PackageBase: xfce-polkit
Version: 0.3-1
Description: A simple PolicyKit authentication agent for XFCE
URL: https://github.com/ncopa/xfce-polkit
NumVotes: 21
Popularity: 1.530046
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: freswa
Submitter: freswa
FirstSubmitted: 1447163457
LastModified: 1589726223
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xfce-polkit.tar.gz