How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-qt4 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "pinentry-qt4" package

Learn how to install pinentry-qt4 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-qt4" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pinentry-qt4 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-qt4 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: pinentry-qt4
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.1.0-2
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: pinentry-qt (>= 1.1.0-2)
Description: Qt-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG (transitional dummy package)
Description-md5: ae8bf90c481a1fb70c213fb2071c7f65
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, security::authentication, uitoolkit::qt,
x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-qt4_1.1.0-2_all.deb
Size: 37280
MD5sum: fd060708ce7661c3585ea5e91a60b880
SHA256: 735a5ae6d68f5c7c8f98ac6b77aab464e19b91eece402cefe4a8d170b4006e79