How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-curses Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "pinentry-curses" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pinentry-curses on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: pinentry-curses
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: pinentry
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 96
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-curses_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 35792
MD5sum: ee95f6b91de2825adabb7bac465acda5
SHA1: 2bd50ca00af7be6c6f6d7e4e24b55da45a081dee
SHA256: 18cd353bdf4ad53df6ea112d0477d1e4c1ceb3e140a6b083694f43d591ad9cad
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: 40c3b46e5e326523fcd237c6508519bf
Task: ubuntu-desktop, mail-server, cloud-image, samba-server, server, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y