How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-curses Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "pinentry-curses" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pinentry-curses on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall pinentry-curses on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pinentry-curses
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-curses package on Kali Linux

Package: pinentry-curses
Source: pinentry
Version: 1.2.1-3
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
Size: 78056
SHA256: a44b2433e14d46974bea6e9e6cebd421aa9344b40fc3b9d2819a252fae654522
SHA1: d752170c32f264ac9825f4fee861639f483a6db6
MD5sum: d782d988d553912d511b9cd6be7245af
Description: curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
This package contains a program that allows for secure entry of PINs or
pass phrases. That means it tries to take care that the entered
information is not swapped to disk or temporarily stored anywhere.
This functionality is particularly useful for entering pass phrases
when using encryption software such as GnuPG or e-mail clients using
the same. It uses an open protocol and is therefore not tied to
particular software.
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The program contained in this package implements a PIN entry dialog
using the curses tool kit, meaning that it is useful for users
working in text mode without the X Window System. There are sibling
packages that implement PIN entry dialogs that use an X tool kit. If
you install any of the graphical packages then this package is not
necessary because the sibling packages automatically fall back to
text mode if X is not active.
Description-md5:
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_1.2.1-3_amd64.deb