How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-gtk2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pinentry-gtk2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "pinentry-gtk2" package

This is a short guide on how to install pinentry-gtk2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-gtk2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pinentry-gtk2 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-gtk2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pinentry-gtk2
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 157
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.15.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Description: GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: f80a139d64b6c1b0688af51229dc3ca2
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
security::authentication, uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::ncurses,
x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-gtk2_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 82960
MD5sum: 4a1810024234346eeba7cdb8ebc51cb2
SHA256: ee9bfd15d5d787a441c62c75f685b17f40040fa386315235de4d6889c46c0f72