How to Install and Uninstall policykit-1 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the policykit-1 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "policykit-1" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install policykit-1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "policykit-1" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall policykit-1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the policykit-1 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: policykit-1
Version: 122-3
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: pkexec (= 122-3), polkitd (= 122-3)
Recommends: polkitd-pkla (>= 121+compat0.1)
Description: transitional package for polkitd and pkexec
Description-md5: 2d49933e7dd6c9f9c8a34acc21cd4eb8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, security::authentication
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/policykit-1_122-3_amd64.deb
Size: 11752
MD5sum: aaccb779c7573bc02250181f9f62ef49
SHA256: 4f143e175107944f8e6190f55e211a3374e2d309198c00f07ebceaf2ef9bd819