On my Ubuntu 18.02 systems, I was able to update the /etc/sudoers file to allow root without password for specific applications. For example these entries started the Muon package manager which ran the install manager, no prompts solicited (including apt, etc.)
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dpkg
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/snap
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /snap/snap-store
jared ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/update-manager
%sudo ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/visudo
This method was based on previous Ubuntu versions How to let Muon update manager run without entering a password? and some items like apt-get still skip the password prompt like of old.
Alternative suggestions for previous Ubuntus include editing desktop files to launch with gksu or pkexec or sudo -i, which I also successfully used with releases before Jammy.
Another problem is that I can't find ANYTHING about my desktop customizations in my ~/home files, i.e. text search for "Muon" should find the launcher and quick launch bar entries.
Note I'm using the Dell installed Ubuntu, which I think is supposed to be the Unity desktop but is identified as "XORG" on the login screen. settings/help says
OS Name Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
GNOME Versions 42.5
Windowing System Wayland
