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== Dependencies ==
 
== Dependencies ==

Revision as of 15:43, 6 January 2010

Download Source: http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/polkit-0.94.tar.gz

Introduction to Polkit

PolicyKit is a framework for defining policy for system-wide components and for desktop pieces to configure it. It is used by several packages including Gnome and ConsoleKit. Note that this is not compatible with current versions of HAL; see PolicyKit for the older version.

Project Homepage: Unknown

Dependencies

Required

Optional

PolKit User/Group

groupadd -g 26 polkit &&
useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null \
        -u 26 -g polkit -s /bin/false polkit

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var \
    --with-polkit-user=polkit &&
make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

export CC="gcc ${BUILD32}"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}"
export USE_ARCH=32
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var \
    --with-polkit-user=polkit &&
make

Install the package

make install
unset CC
unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
unset USE_ARCH

N32

Compile the package:

export CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}"
export USE_ARCH=n32
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib32/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var \
    --libdir=/usr/lib32 --with-pam-module-dir=/lib32/security \
    --with-polkit-user=polkit &&
make

Install the package

make install
unset CC
unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
unset USE_ARCH

64Bit

Compile the package:

export CC="gcc ${BUILD64}"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}"
export USE_ARCH=64
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib64/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var \
    --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-pam-module-dir=/lib64/security \
    --with-polkit-user=polkit &&
make

Install the package

make install
unset CC
unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
unset USE_ARCH

Configuration

TODO: Update for new config format

Contents

Installed Programs: pkexec pkcheck pkaction pk-example-frobnicate
Installed Libraries: libpolkit-gobject-1.{a,la,so} libpolkit-backend-1.{a,la,so} libpolkit-agent-1.{a,la,so} libnullbackend.{a,la,so}
Installed Directories: /usr/share/polkit-1 /usr/include/polkit-1 /var/lib/polkit-1 /usr/lib/polkit-1 /etc/polkit-1
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