How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-qt Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "pinentry-qt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pinentry-qt on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pinentry-qt on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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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-qt package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: pinentry-qt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: pinentry
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 153
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.8.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.8.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-qt_1.1.1-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 54598
MD5sum: a63c305ac51ccf61a920a9aeab3d2e33
SHA1: 29fbf5c0673e01ae8769bce8358982a53c7f82ba
SHA256: 7ff929cfbaa744955e22b78a735071ee4941e228c1d20c75c19146862ab17237
SHA512: 559cb7f369b6604ae894c0a2b2aec4a6fef199739ee5f240ae79719837fa58f7cd12e3c16d8f4fb6a50d160777f108e2ae678fd279cb0baa57cc550179c95429
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: Qt-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: 480e061717e70d5bcfc8be66e3b7d9ab
Task: kubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop