How to Install and Uninstall polkitd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "polkitd" package

Learn how to install polkitd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                polkitd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "polkitd" package

Learn how to uninstall polkitd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: polkitd
Source: policykit-1
Version: 122-3
Installed-Size: 470
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~)
Depends: adduser | systemd-sysusers, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, default-logind | logind, xml-core (>= 0.14), libc6 (>= 2.34), libduktape207 (>= 2.0.3), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (= 122-3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 122-3), libsystemd0 (>= 213)
Suggests: polkitd-pkla (>= 121+compat0.1)
Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~)
Description: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
Description-md5: 9502a7bb99b13ec238a7b4995aa16328
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/polkitd_122-3_amd64.deb
Size: 112024
MD5sum: 5a7fafb9f49a37d394067bbe7a05436e
SHA256: 82b020e1dadb4f575a4a106d1f33368b8c5d322f98641259ecd577b7f7a1308e