GNU/Linux Arch Installing GKSu – QuickStart Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install GKSu in Arch GNU/Linux Desktop.
And GKSu for Arch Linux is a Library that provides a Gtk+ Frontend to su and sudo.
Moreover, it supports login shells and preserving environment when acting as a su frontend. It is useful to Menu items or other Graphical Programs that need to ask a user’s Password to run another Program as another User.
Especially relevant: GKSu is STRONGLY DEPRECATED and it has been definitively removed from most Linux Repos for SECURITY ISSUES concerns.
You may see instead the: GKSu Alternative Pkexec.
Finally, this Setup is valid for all the Arch Linux Based Distros like:
- Manjaro
- CachyOS
- EndeavourOS
- Garuda
- ArcoLinux
- Archman
- Bluestar
- Archcraft
- ArchLabs
- ArchBang
- BlackArch
- Artix
1. Launching Terminal
Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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