Is there a default keyring installed with a fresh install?

General system Newbie
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I installed the i3wm version, and I am not sure which, if any keyring was installed at all by default. I am trying to get VS Code working and it needs me to use a keyring (or use weaker encryption). I don’t really understand how a keyring works, but there is one installed by default, I would like to use it.

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Probably not with i3, you will probably need to install gnome keyring or kwallet, but from a terminal run:

yay gnome-keyring

it will say if it is installed.

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Run this to check if you have one installed:

pacman -Q | grep -A 0 -E "(polkit|secret)"

libsecret 0.21.4-1
--
polkit 124-2
polkit-gnome 0.105-10
polkit-qt5 0.200.0-1
polkit-qt6 0.200.0-1
--
xfce-polkit 0.3-1

You need libsecret and you can choose gnome or xfce polkit. I only have both because I have both cinnamon and i3 installed.

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I have polkit-qt6. That’s not a keyring itself though, right?

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If you’re also using i3, then place ONE of the lines below in your config file. Only one!

exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
exec --no-startup-id xfce-polkit &
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/xfce-polkit/xfce-polkit

Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit#Authentication_agents

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That’s for popping up a dialog when a command needs administrator privilege

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