Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

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-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Polkit GNOME Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.8.4 and Polkit-0.111

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 \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome &&
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/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

Contents

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

Short Descriptions

polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

is the Polkit authentication agent.

Last updated on 2013-09-03 12:08:19 -0700