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# polkit-gnome-0.105

## Introduction to Polkit GNOME

The Polkit GNOME package provides an Authentication Agent for Polkit that integrates well with the GNOME Desktop environment.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/polkit-gnome/0.105/polkit-gnome-0.105.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/polkit-gnome/0.105/polkit-gnome-0.105.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 50ecad37c8342fb4a52f590db7530621

- Download size: 305 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 5.0 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

### Polkit GNOME Dependencies

#### Required

GTK+-3.24.25 and Polkit-0.118

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/polkit-gnome

## Installation of Polkit GNOME

Install Polkit GNOME by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Configuring Polkit GNOME

###

#### Automatic Startup

For the authentification framework to work, polkit-gnome-authentification-agent-1 needs to be started. However, make install did not install a startup file for the Polkit GNOME so you have to create it by yourself.

Issue the following commands as the `root` user to create a 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/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=
    NoDisplay=true
    OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;Unity;
    AutostartCondition=GNOME3 unless-session gnome
    EOF

## Contents

Installed Program: polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: None

### Short Descriptions

polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 | is the Polkit authentication agent

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