On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 16:50:15 +0000 Mark Hindley <m...@hindley.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 05:44:17PM +0100, Alessandro Vesely via Dng > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there a recommended GUI package browser for Devuan? > > > > After migrating, synaptic isn't installed. If I try to install it, > > it says it needs policykit-1. Since the latter seems to be akin to > > systemd, I reply 'n'. > > I really don't think that is true. There is no direct relationship > between policykit-1 and systemd. And our policykit works with either > elogind or consolekit, so you have options. > > If you want a integrated gui desktop that allows you to do privileged > things like install packages, you will need policykit-1 or something > similar. > > Alternatively, use apt or aptitude from the commandline. > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng Sorry, can you explain why exactly polkit is needed here? What is wrong with what everyone was doing before polkit which was gksu or gksudo? -- _________________________________________ / There is no character, howsoever good \ | and fine, but it can be destroyed by | | ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. | | Observe the ass, for instance: his | | character is about perfect, he is the | | choicest spirit among all the humbler | | animals, yet see what ridicule has | | brought him to. Instead of feeling | | complimented when we are called an ass, | | we are left in doubt. | | | | -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's | \ Calendar" / ----------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
