Does this help? You've probably seen this already..... https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/gksu-is-dead-long-live-pkexec/
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/0.105/pkexec.1.html On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:28 PM Gastón via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 03:16:58PM -0800, tom wrote: > > 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? > > > gksu is no longer available from Beowulf. Now, apparently, you have to > use: pkexec > > I'm in touch with the GNU/EterTics developer and he's having trouble > running d-i from Live Mode on a beta version with Beowulf he's testing. > > He used to launch the d-i from Live mode using this command: > `su-tu-root-X-c /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher`, but su-tu-root is > no longer available. > > When he wants to launch the d-i from Live mode using this command: > `pkexec /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher` , the installer does not > start in GUI mode. > > Yesterday we tried several alternatives, like this one, but without > success: > > We tried running it this way: > `pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY > /usr/sbin/debian-installer-launcher` , with this it tries to open a > window, but closes immediately. > > We couldn't get pkexec to run the d-I in GUI mode from live-version. > Nor is there much documentation about its use available. > > Has anyone been through this using pkexec? > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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