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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "polkitd-pkla" package

This is a short guide on how to install polkitd-pkla on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall polkitd-pkla 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 polkitd-pkla package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: polkitd-pkla
Source: policykit-1
Version: 122-3
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~)
Depends: polkitd (>= 121+compat0.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 122-3)
Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~)
Description: Legacy "local authority" (.pkla) backend for polkitd
Description-md5: 175ec74f52a61a630f41b9ad6d94eef5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/polkitd-pkla_122-3_amd64.deb
Size: 31896
MD5sum: 27b50bd0872d56a0e67f08a15c6a4c8e
SHA256: 65a6101f2544f409d7b601dd7482707cfe9c4952584fa0035a5530be3b707140