How to Install and Uninstall polkitd-pkla Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "polkitd-pkla" package

This tutorial shows how to install polkitd-pkla on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall polkitd-pkla on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                polkitd-pkla
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the polkitd-pkla package on Kali Linux

Package: polkitd-pkla
Source: policykit-1
Version: 124-1+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 118
Depends: polkitd (>= 121+compat0.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 124-1+kali1)
Breaks: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~)
Replaces: policykit-1 (<< 0.120-4~)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/polkitd-pkla_124-1+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 33228
SHA256: a5b86286d5fa2cd7710fc951c73b6ff57326e2ad1c89149a0187952de952422a
SHA1: f2c8f25c2bdb9fadebae5d7857722a4ba32caab3
MD5sum: 6ce3905269d5ad562df9552219ed68d7
Description: Legacy "local authority" (.pkla) backend for polkitd
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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This package configures the polkitd D-Bus service to read default
authorization policies from .desktop-style files in subdirectories of
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority. It is compatible with the version of
polkitd used in Debian 11 and older releases.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team