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--- howto:mint-update-manager [2026/07/07 17:26] – Wuff
+++ howto:mint-update-manager [2026/07/07 17:29] (current) – Wuff
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 To permanently allow a user to install updates via update manager in Linux Mint, a policy needs to be added to PolicyKit (polkit):
-Make sure to replace the username to the actual username.
+This is if the currently logged in user. Replace $USER if necessary.
 <code bash>
-sudo tee /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-mintupdate.rules > /dev/null << 'EOF'
+sudo tee /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-mintupdate.rules > /dev/null << EOF
 polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
     if (action.id == "org.aptkit.install-or-remove-packages" &&
-        subject.user == "username") {
+        subject.user == "$USER") {
         return polkit.Result.YES;
     }