How To Install policykit-1-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-doc on Kali Linux.

What is policykit-1-doc

policykit-1-doc is:

PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that
allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.

This package contains the API documentation of PolicyKit.

There are three methods to install policykit-1-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install policykit-1-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install policykit-1-doc

Install policykit-1-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install policykit-1-doc

Install policykit-1-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install policykit-1-doc

How To Uninstall policykit-1-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the policykit-1-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove policykit-1-doc

Uninstall policykit-1-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall policykit-1-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove policykit-1-doc

Remove policykit-1-doc Configurations and Data

To remove policykit-1-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge policykit-1-doc

Remove policykit-1-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove policykit-1-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge policykit-1-doc

Dependencies

policykit-1-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• policykit-1-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.