%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ polkit-gnome The Polkit GNOME package provides an Authentication Agent for Polkit that integrates well with the GNOME Desktop environment. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &polkit-gnome-md5sum; Download size: &polkit-gnome-size; Estimated disk space required: &polkit-gnome-buildsize; Estimated build time: &polkit-gnome-time; Polkit GNOME Dependencies Required and User Notes: Install Polkit GNOME by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install For the authentification framework to work, polkit-gnome-authentification-agent-1 needs to be started. However, make install did not install startup file for the Polkit GNOME so you have to create it by yourself. Issue the following commands as the root user to create startup file for Polkit GNOME: mkdir -p /etc/xdg/autostart && cat > /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop << "EOF" [Desktop Entry] Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Comment=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Exec=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 Terminal=false Type=Application Categories= NoDisplay=true OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;Unity; AutostartCondition=GNOME3 unless-session gnome EOF Installed Program Installed Directory polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 /usr/lib/polkit-gnome Short Descriptions polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 is the Polkit GNOME authentication agent. polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1