How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-gnome3 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "pinentry-gnome3" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pinentry-gnome3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-gnome3" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pinentry-gnome3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pinentry-gnome3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-gnome3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: pinentry-gnome3
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: 101
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: gcr, libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Recommends: dbus-user-session
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-gnome3_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 38180
MD5sum: 1cf6ea1505812e32a0ef791aa803676f
SHA1: 23b6e2af61a1e4799b3e0447b124872f6105e7a2
SHA256: 366cb919c00a7760ac1a63f7eafd256c27337e7233320c0fc85e451806588256
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: GNOME 3 PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: e574f1c6e2c931f3f82abcd947a19f35
Task: ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y