How to Install and Uninstall policykit-1 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "policykit-1" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install policykit-1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                policykit-1
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "policykit-1" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall policykit-1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                policykit-1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the policykit-1 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: policykit-1
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 412
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (>= 0.105), libpolkit-backend-1-0 (>= 0.99), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libpam-systemd, dbus
Breaks: gdm3 (<< 3.8.4-7~)
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/policykit-1_0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5_amd64.deb
Size: 52780
MD5sum: acdd31d054c354ac939552500642c33f
SHA1: 3c45d53ed982cc516b22f0e030e1a438c7df33e6
SHA256: 49016b5d7ad6b77469da42383ac05fa95a99fc142a627c999bf12bd26bfd7d50
SHA512: 4d38a37b959e525c2f6e71ce2c9582af2d21c7a9d38f66ec2ca2ac153350a6fe18d7c73c4884ad0a63be022715abf2f61ee49d91ce5310a069ab8acd33dde929
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/
Description-en: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy
that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
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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.
Description-md5: 233f6ea057dc90084c0e92b57d21a7a8
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: policykit-1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.105-14.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (>= 0.105), libpolkit-backend-1-0 (>= 0.99), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libpam-systemd, dbus
Breaks: gdm3 (<< 3.8.4-7~)
Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/policykit-1_0.105-14.1_amd64.deb
Size: 53018
MD5sum: 44e3efeb27f57c31c53f508a0dfea710
SHA1: 6941f37392ba56bb22e46ef63248109f66b12204
SHA256: 48cd521c31a8e83ae7ef73b5968bf6599659d1d45e20fcb3c1adb2d0e2b0aefb
Description-en: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy
that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
.
It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to
granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged (desktop)
applications.
Description-md5: 233f6ea057dc90084c0e92b57d21a7a8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop