How to Install and Uninstall polkitd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "polkitd" package

This guide let you learn how to install polkitd on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall polkitd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: polkitd
Source: policykit-1
Version: 124-1+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 486
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 (>= 2.75.3), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (= 124-1+kali1), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 124-1+kali1), libsystemd0 (>= 253)
Suggests: polkitd-pkla (>= 121+compat0.1)
Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~)
Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~), polkitd-javascript (<< 121+compat0.1-3~)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/polkitd_124-1+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 117764
SHA256: dde5b3a070777832c9262837c58d00cd70000323d2f97a1b60b7eaac3dc10c8e
SHA1: c1e33bff904998115dacf13e9b4da90bfc909d97
MD5sum: 6d2faf7891577d893e17c9fba86925fe
Description: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy
that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
It was previously named PolicyKit.
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It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to
granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged (desktop)
applications.
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In a typical use of polkit, an unprivileged application such as gnome-disks
sends requests via D-Bus or other inter-process communication mechanisms
to a privileged system service such as udisks, which asks polkitd for
permission to process those requests. This allows the application to carry
out privileged tasks without making use of setuid, which avoids several
common sources of security vulnerabilities.
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This package provides the polkitd D-Bus service and supporting programs.
The pkexec program is not included, and can be found in the pkexec package.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team