How to Install GKSu on Arch Linux – Step-by-step

February 6, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

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
  • EndeavourOS
  • Garuda
  • ArcoLinux
  • Archman
  • Bluestar
  • Archcraft
  • ArchLabs
  • ArchBang
  • BlackArch
  • Artix
How to Install GKSu in Arch Linux - Featured
  1. 1. Launching Terminal

    Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Open Terminal

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