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--- howto:mint-update-manager [2026/06/24 00:16] – created 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):
+This is if the currently logged in user. Replace $USER if necessary.
 <code bash>
-vi /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-mintupdate.rules
+sudo tee /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-mintupdate.rules > /dev/null << EOF
-</code>
+polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
-replace 'username' with the actual user
+    if (action.id == "org.aptkit.install-or-remove-packages" &&
-<code javascript>
+        subject.user == "$USER") {
-javascriptpolkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
-    if ((action.id == "com.linuxmint.updates.install" ||
-         action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.package-install" ||
-         action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.package-update") &&
-        subject.user == "username") {
         return polkit.Result.YES;
     }
 });
+EOF
 </code>
 then either reboot or restart the polkit service: