Package: packagekit Version: 0.8.10-2 Severity: normal PackageKit's CLI interface (pkcon) doesn't work on a minimal system without X11, because PolicyKit is not available. After PolicyKit is installed manually, an AccessDenied error on D-Bus prevents PackageKit from working. This happens both as normal user and as root with "sudo".
Steps to reproduce: 1. Install a minimal jessie system 2. apt-get install packagekit 3. pkcon refresh Expected result: 1. Package cache is refreshed Actual result: % pkcon refresh Refreshing cache [=========================] Waiting in queue [=========================] Waiting for authentication [=========================] Fatal error: Failed to check for authentication: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files Additional info: After installing "policykit-1" manually, PolicyKit becomes available, but PackageKit still doesn't work: % pkcon refresh Refreshing cache [=========================] Waiting in queue [=========================] Waiting for authentication [=========================] Fatal error: Failed to check for authentication: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.19" (uid=0 pid=31806 comm="/usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd ") interface="org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority" member="CheckAuthorization" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.25" (uid=0 pid=32262 comm="/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug ") This is all running via SSH without X11 running (neither locally nor via X11 forwarding). -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages packagekit depends on: ii libc6 2.17-7 ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.3-3 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.36.3-3 ii libpackagekit-glib2-16 0.8.10-2 ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-3 ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.17-1 ii libsystemd-login0 44-12 ii packagekit-backend-aptcc 0.8.10-2 Versions of packages packagekit recommends: ii packagekit-tools 0.8.10-2 Versions of packages packagekit suggests: pn packagekit-backend-smart <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
