I'm looking to ditch desktop environments (for the first time) in the coming weeks, and am researching what packages I'd need on a fresh install without one.

I've stumbled across polkits, but I can't find much information about what the differences are. So I suppose my question really is which polkit do you prefer and why?

Edit: I meant polkit authentication agents instead of polkits.

I've installed both gnome and sway on my laptop with debian 12, because sometimes I feel like using the mouse. So far, i wasnt able to use Gnome's policy kit agent on sway. I didn't install anything, just gnome and sway. Under /usr/lib, I have present these two folders, among others:

policykit-1/
polkit-1/ 

they both have a polkit-agent-helper-1 executable, and polkit-1 also has a polkitd executable.

I've tried installing policykit-1-gnome, but this happens after running the polkit and launching gparted:

fpp@fpp-asus:~$ /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4183): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 16:59:01.948: invalid cast from 'GdkWaylandScreen' to 'GdkX11Screen'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4183): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 16:59:01.948: invalid cast from 'GdkWindowImplWayland' to 'GdkWindowImplX11'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4183): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 16:59:01.948: invalid cast from 'GdkWaylandScreen' to 'GdkX11Screen'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4183): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 16:59:01.948: invalid cast from 'GdkWaylandDisplay' to 'GdkX11Display'
polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure
segmentation fault

On gnome, gparted works as expected.

Am I missing something? or is it just not possible to use the same policy kit that gnome uses?

so i am trying to setup my swaywm and youtube tutorial guide me to download this policykit called lxqt-policykit. but don't understand what this does.

may be you guys can help me (i searched on chatgpt and i only understand that it is use to mount drives and stuff)

os: ubuntu 24.04.2 lts

So i encountered this problem with my install of i3wm where i add in the config file to exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1 & or exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 & and in both cases when i start timeshift-gtk or balena-etcher it says that there is no policykit installed (and yes both polkits are installed). Is there a way to fix this? I'm using i3 version 4.18.2 (2020-07-26) on Arch linux and here is my Config File. Also in openbox the gnome polkit works perfectly but the same cannot be said for my install of i3.