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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pinentry-doc" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pinentry-doc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pinentry-doc 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-doc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pinentry-doc
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Suggests: pinentry-curses, pinentry-gnome3, pinentry-gtk2, pinentry-qt4
Description: documentation for pinentry packages
Description-md5: 0434c9b9c7b30b4ad8103242894faa4e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Tag: made-of::info, role::documentation
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-doc_1.2.1-1_all.deb
Size: 65560
MD5sum: 9856db9a9020415c56015fae2091ddc4
SHA256: cf0f6d4f04a7d3a290a0f35cf78f772ba6de2c474228811f5503faae2c4195ce