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openSuse: how to get rid of annoying "Authentication Required" dialog from auto-update

This annoying dialog "Authentication Required" started to pop up recently, just after every login to KDE, demanding root password to refresh system repositories. After a minute or so it disappears on it's own, followed by a "update failed" tray…
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Fedora 25 : Gnome Software Center and Curl not working behind proxy

Update - I'm on Fedora 25 now but the issue is still unsolved. I have Fedora 25 Workstation on my laptop. The internet access is through proxy server only. I have successfully configured proxy settings for dnf and wget. I can install and updates…
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"Software update" appears empty in Debian, but there are upgrades available

I'm running Debian 7 on vmware workstation. When I run Applications - System Tool - Software Update I just get a blank window, nothing happens. Updating the system works fine with "apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade". But when I do this, I…
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Will "pkcon refresh" trigger something like "apt update" on Debian?

I'm wondering if Packagekit's command pkcon refresh also pulls in information about updateable packages from Debian mirrors - like: apt update does - or if it just updates Packagekit's internal cache of avaible updates. The man page just…
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Modify RPM package to remove dependencies

tl;dr: We build an RPM package that automatically detect dependencies (no Requires in .spec file). How can I remove dependencies from this RPM package. Long story:-> I'm shipping the dynamic libraries along with the binary but RPMs automatic…
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In Gnome, how do I decide whether to accept a PackageKit software source?

When I try to install software in the Gnome environment of Linux (mine is openSUSE) from a repository that I have not used before, PackageKit asks me to respond "Yes" or "Cancel" to a dialog "Software signature is required". How can I as a user or…
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How to disable PackageKit software update password dialog?

The PackageKit Project dialog keeps popping up to prompt for the root password on my Debian Jessie desktop, apparently assuming that the logged in account has root permissions or knows the root password Is there someway to disable it in the desktop…
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Kali Linux disable automatic package updates

I'm using Kali Linux, latest edition and in the last two weeks it has auto-updated packages. I wasn't aware of this until I saw a notification bubble and when I checked out the GNOME PackageKit updater, it showed updates on three days when I had…
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Fix pkcon error cannot found file

My disk is full and I found that PackageKit uses more than 12GB in cache folder. So I found that I can delete the cached files. I used the following command [unix@localhost ~]$ sudo pkcon -c 8000000 refresh Refreshing cache …
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Sub-process returned an error code when apt-get install package

sudo apt-get install numactl E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success '/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus…
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libzypp, YaST, Zypper, PackageKit and Gnome Software Center - What is that mess all about?

I would like the help of someone with more experience to understand the differences and how those 5 things are connected: libzypp, YaST, Zypper, PackageKit and Gnome Software Center. Here is my take away from a day of research: libzypp: the backend…
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Shut down after offline updates with PackageKit from command line

When PackageKit has updates fetched for installation and you use the Gnome GUI to shut down the machine, it is possible to set a checkbox to install updates before shut down. How can this be accomplished from command line without root? Example…
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"debconf-communicate dumped core". What sends QUIT ("signal 3")?

(I have installed systemd-coredump) What would send a QUIT signal to debconf-communicate? Since the backtrace does not include raise() / kill(), I guess I can assume this fatal signal was sent to debconf-communicate by some other running…
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PackageKit logs a message about "only_trusted:0"

I ran pkcon update force. I noticed PackageKit is logging about only_trusted:0. That is, an operation where the only_trusted option is disabled. Even though I did not pass --allow-untrusted to pkcon. PackageKit[19819]: uid 1000 is trying to…
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GNOME Software/PackageKit lists only installed packages

I noticed that GNOME Software on my Fedora 24 installation only shows packages that are already installed (even in the featured and editor's picks sections). I also can't search for new packages to install. Here's a screenshot of the Graphics…
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