How to Install and Uninstall polkit.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "polkit.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to install polkit.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "polkit.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall polkit.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the polkit.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : polkit
Version : 0.115
Release : 15.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 154 k
Source : polkit-0.115-15.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : An authorization framework
URL : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit
License : LGPLv2+
Description : polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
: used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
: processes.