I ran into this interesting scenario. Say you want to install and use the program sxiv, then normally this requires admin privileges: $ dnf install sxiv The requested operation requires superuser privileges. Please log in as a user with elevated rights, or use the "--assumeno" or "--downloadonly" …

[image] How does automatic installation of CLI software without authentication work Ask Fedora This feature is from PackageKit-command-not-found. The authentication is done using polkit (the same mechanism that allows you to use flatpak to install system-wide apps without…

Terminal 'package suggestion' installs without privileges

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grumpey (Joe) January 1, 2025, 6:29pm 2

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