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How to update Kubuntu without entering password in Discover

Posted on 08/05/2024 by wincak
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I wrote a post about updating KDE Neon without entering your password before. Since then the authentication system has changed a bit and a different approach is necessary. This post will explain what to do on Kubuntu 23.10 – however it should work on other distros using PackageKit (and recent Polkit).

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Managing packages on KDE Neon without entering a password

Posted on 03/03/2020 by wincak
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KDE Neon is build on Ubuntu LTS (currently 18.04) with up-to-date Qt and KDE libraries. Updates tend to arrive pretty much every other day and it gets annoying to enter your password every time you launch Discover to install an update.

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Posted in KDE, Linux | Tagged Discover, Polkit | 1 Reply

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