How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-qt Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "pinentry-qt" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pinentry-qt on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pinentry-qt
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-qt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pinentry-qt on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pinentry-qt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-qt package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: pinentry-qt
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.1.0-2
Installed-Size: 170
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libqt5core5a (>= 5.11.0~rc1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.8.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Description: Qt-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: 480e061717e70d5bcfc8be66e3b7d9ab
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Tag: uitoolkit::ncurses, uitoolkit::qt
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-qt_1.1.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 80260
MD5sum: f423d79085fc15aa950a39a62b2e8e27
SHA256: d28512ff80db72deca5c80a1699b0cb0444d5ad0fd6d7167a3f12cf882faaf0a