How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-curses Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pinentry-curses on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pinentry-curses" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pinentry-curses on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-curses" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall pinentry-curses on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-curses package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pinentry-curses
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Description: curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: 40c3b46e5e326523fcd237c6508519bf
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
security::authentication, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-curses_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 77448
MD5sum: c8a3e829bea60ba04748d99ffc5140ae
SHA256: 27b3d102545f597df9e6dc5c7f6590a648de09b57debd6b05ad3d1189de428d5