package policykit-1 is not installed

March 30, 2025 - Edit the following (Version probably depends on what version of polkitd you have installed): Package: policykit-1 Version: 124-3 Depends: pkexec,polkitd Build package: equivs-build policykit-1 Install package: sudo apt install ./policykit-1_124-3_all.deb · Hopefully this temporary workaround won't be needed in the near future. ^ This solution worked for me to fix that dependency issue. I am not sure how to suggest a fix PR for a .deb file but hope it will help with fixing this issue in the future releases.

Author PJ-Singh-001

reddit.com › r/ubuntu › ubuntu 25.04 - teamviewer: policykit-1 not installable.

r/Ubuntu on Reddit: Ubuntu 25.04 - Teamviewer: Policykit-1 not installable.

April 22, 2025 - hmm, but i have installed teamviewer via their .deb package a couple of months before on kubuntu 24.10 · 25.04 is the first Ubuntu version that has the Debian version of policykit where the transitional packages were dropped. https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/p/policykit-1/policykit-1_126-2/changelog

GitHub

github.com › waydroid › waydroid › issues › 1484

[BUG] Apt Install fails with "Depends: policykit-1 but it is not installable" · Issue #1484 · waydroid/waydroid

July 22, 2024 - This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming.

Author waydroid

Stack Exchange

unix.stackexchange.com › questions › 144617 › how-can-i-install-policykit-with-system-v

debian - How can I install Policykit with System V? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

Remove udisks and libpolkit-gobject then reinstall policykit-1. Policykit-1 should reinstall sysvinit-core and sysvinit. You may need to do this in rescue mode, as X may no longer work.

reddit.com › r/debian › configuring policykit -1

r/debian on Reddit: Configuring PolicyKit -1

February 13, 2023 -

Debian newbie here. I've only had the operating system for 3 days and most of my time spent with it has been fixing the state of the install. I couldn't get the installer to recognize iwlwifi firmware files, even when I inserted a USB containing all of the versions I could find for my card. I did an offline install, which did not come with NetworkManager so I can't connect to the internet with my Debian device at present. I used dpkg to manually install its dependencies from a flash drive, but it complains that one dependency, PolicyKit-1, which apparently did come pre-installed, is not yet configured. How would I go about configuring it so that I can install NetworkManager and actually update my system?

Thanks.

Edit: forgot to mention I got the firmware end of things working.

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It's not strictly necessary to have Network Manager to connect to the Internet, even using wifi. Nevertheless before going that route, I suggest you connect your computer using an ethernet cable. Download everything needed through the wired connection (wpa supplicant, policykit-1, network manager) and then use the wifi. If that's not possible, you definitely need wpasupplicant package, isc-dhcp-client (I suppose you automatically get an IP, not statically) and firmware of course, then you can try this: make a MyWiFi.conf file somewhere: ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel update_config=1 network={ ssid="Your access point / WiFi name" psk="Your password" } Assuming your WiFi card is found as wlan0 run the commands: sudo ip link set wlan0 up sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /home/MyUserDir/MyWiFi.conf -D wext sudo dhclient wlan0 In case of problems, try these commands before: sudo pkill wpa_supplicant sudo rm -rf /run/wpa_supplicant sudo pkill dhclient Should my example does not suit you, inside /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/ directory you can find examples of .conf files.

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Policykit not being configured sounds like maybe you cancelled apt or dpkg while it was doing something. Maybe it's worth restarting with an ISO that includes firmware: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

RetroPie

retropie.org.uk › forum › topic › 10498 › solved-kodi-install-fail-policykit-1

[SOLVED] Kodi install fail: PolicyKit-1 - RetroPie Forum

July 20, 2017 - E: Could not open lock file/var/lib/dokg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpky/), are you root? ... @mfergu32 Try sudo apt-get -f install You just need to give it root permissions which is what adding sudo does. I don't think this will help though as I think policykit was taken off the rasbian repository.

Plesk Forum

talk.plesk.com › forums › older products discussion › older panel software versions › plesk 12.x for linux

Issue - Can not install any Packs | Plesk Forum

December 2, 2016 - Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.19) ... could not read profile /usr/share/pam-configs/PaxHeaders.41249: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update line 674, <STDIN> line 2. dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1: policykit-1 depends on libpam-systemd; however: Package libpam-systemd:amd64 is not configured yet.

Ask Ubuntu

askubuntu.com › questions › 74980 › what-to-do-when-it-says-unable-to-locate-package-policykit

11.10 - What to do when it says "unable to locate package" policykit - Ask Ubuntu

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A general suggestion:

Whenever you are in such situation, try the following command to locate the package:

apt-cache search packagename

And after that try to install the packgae which reads as packagename-dev or libpackage name

sudo apt-get install packagename-dev

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The package you are looking for is installed using:

sudo apt-get install policykit-1

You can search for packages using:

apt-cache search policykit

Ubuntu

bugs.launchpad.net › ubuntu › +source › policykit-1

policykit-1 package : Ubuntu - Launchpad Bugs

#1807272 package libpolkit-backend-1-0:amd64 0.105-14.1 failed to install/upgrade: package libpolkit-backend-1-0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed') ... #1821539 package policykit-1 0.105-21ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade: new policykit-1 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

reddit.com › r/linuxmint › can't install updates after update of policykit-1

r/linuxmint on Reddit: Can't install updates after update of policykit-1

January 26, 2022 -

Hi,

recently, I got update for package policykit-1 (if I remember the name correctly). Now, when I try select software sources in mintupdate, I get error pkexec must be setuid root. Also, I can't install updates.

The package policykit-1 is in unpacked state but not configured. Why this happened and how can I fix it? I've tried to reinstall it but it fails: E: Internal Error, No file name for policykit-1:amd64.

edit: sudo apt install -f did the trick, manually trying to reinstall didn't work.

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DevManuals

devmanuals.net › install › ubuntu › ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin › install-policykit-1.html

Install policykit-1 on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install policykit-1

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process. If policykit-1 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L policykit-1' will give followin error.

GitHub

github.com › RPi-Distro › pi-gen › issues › 116

Package policykit-1 seems to be a dependency for systemd services, but is not installed · Issue #116 · RPi-Distro/pi-gen

September 24, 2017 - Installing policykit-1, which was not initially shipped in Jessie, solves the problem. But I am not really sure why the distro upgrade now requires it in the first place. You can see the report in our issue tracker here: guysoft/OctoPi#402

Author RPi-Distro

Ubuntu

bugs.launchpad.net › ubuntu › +source › lubuntu-meta › +bug › 1623602

Bug #1623602 “lubuntu-core should depend on policykit-1” : Bugs : lubuntu-meta package : Ubuntu

If lubuntu-core is installed on a clean minimal system, the following message will appear in a popup if the package policykit-1 is not installed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lubuntu-core 0.65.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Da...

Microsoft Learn

learn.microsoft.com › en-us › answers › questions › 4003786 › installation-issues-with-wsl-kali-linux-and-win-ke

Installation Issues with WSL Kali-Linux and Win-Kex - Microsoft Q&A

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Hi Durandal,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

We understand that you are encountering system installation and network issues related to a specific version of WSL for Linux.

Thank you for your time in this issue.

Unfortunately, members of the Answers community lack extensive experience in the field of Windows System for Linux.

The difference in WSL versions may indeed be one of the factors causing the problem, because any iteration of the system/function means changes in the underlying code, which may include the addition or enhancement of constraints and function parameters.

I wish I could handle your problem, however, it is more suitable for publishing on more experienced community.

Content in the following links described common WSL-related issues and basic troubleshooting, as well as ways to contact the professional community.

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reddit.com › r/linux4noobs › apt and dpkg broken after computer restarted while running apt upgrade

r/linux4noobs on Reddit: Apt and dpkg broken after computer restarted while running apt upgrade

June 26, 2018 -

I'm running debian, I've tried running sudo dpkg --configure -a and I get this output:

Setting up policykit-1 (0.105-20) ...
--runtime cannot be used with unmask
dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure):
 installed policykit-1 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdm3:
 gdm3 depends on policykit-1 (>= 0.105-5~); however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package gdm3 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-polkit:amd64:
 mate-polkit:amd64 depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-polkit:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of synaptic:
 synaptic depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package synaptic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1-gnome:
 policykit-1-gnome depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package policykit-1-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-color-manager:
 gnome-color-manager depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package gnome-color-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rtkit:
 rtkit depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package rtkit (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-desktop-environment-core:
 mate-desktop-environment-core depends on mate-polkit (>= 1.20); however:
  Package mate-polkit:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-desktop-environment-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-power-manager:
 mate-power-manager depends on policykit-1; however:
  Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-power-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-desktop-environment:
 mate-desktop-environment depends on mate-desktop-environment-core (= 1.20.0+4); however:
  Package mate-desktop-environment-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-desktop-environment (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-settings-daemon:
 mate-settings-daemon depends on mate-polkit; however:
  Package mate-polkit:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-settings-daemon (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-control-center:
 mate-control-center depends on mate-settings-daemon (>= 1.18); however:
  Package mate-settings-daemon is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mate-control-center (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 policykit-1
 gdm3
 mate-polkit:amd64
 synaptic
 policykit-1-gnome
 gnome-color-manager
 rtkit
 mate-desktop-environment-core
 mate-power-manager
 mate-desktop-environment
 mate-settings-daemon
 mate-control-center

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/8tbxd5/debian_unstable_upgrade_errors/

Stack Exchange

unix.stackexchange.com › questions › 158494 › the-name-org-freedesktop-policykit1-was-not-provided-by-any-service-files

centos - The name > org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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275

I just had the same return when installing deluged on arch, I typed:

 systemctl start deluged

I tried with sudo and it worked fine. Seems to be a group permissions issue.

All I did was enable permissions for my user account and then typed:

 sudo systemctl start deluged

worked like a charm.

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To clarify and summarize SNP22's post: You probably just forgot sudo.:

sudo systemctl [...]

Absolutely misleading warning ...

Narkive

linux.debian.bugs.rc.narkive.com › aKslqtXJ › bug-965193-policykit-1-fails-to-install-chown-error-on-usr-lib-policykit-1-polkit-agent-helper-1

Bug#965193: policykit-1: fails to install: chown error on /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1

chown: cannot access '/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure): installed policykit-1 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 [...] and at the end: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Setting up policykit-1 (0.105-27) ... chown: cannot access '/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure): installed policykit-1 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager: network-manager depends on policykit-1; however: Package policykit-1 is not configured yet.

GitHub

github.com › moby › moby › issues › 31771

Cannot install systemd and upstart dependent packages using Dockerfile · Issue #31771 · moby/moby

Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.24) ... initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/systemd-logind not found. dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1: policykit-1 depends on libpam-systemd; however: Package libpam-systemd:amd64 is not configured yet.

Author moby

Ask Ubuntu

askubuntu.com › questions › 1113470 › org-freedesktop-policykit1-was-not-provided-by-any-service-files

18.04 - org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files - Ask Ubuntu

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If you are not root, you will get the same error message even though policykit-1 is installed. In this case, you may prefix the command with sudo.

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Consider to install the package with needed org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 file:

sudo apt install policykit-1

Ask Ubuntu

askubuntu.com › questions › 1506499 › issues-with-apt-upgrade

package management - Issues with apt upgrade - Ask Ubuntu

March 4, 2024 - It often offers better solutions and I believe it's less likely to break. When packages aren't configured, run sudo dpkg --configure -a before running sudo apt -f install ... This appears to be about Debian and not Ubuntu.