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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "pinentry-qt" package

This is a short guide on how to install pinentry-qt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall pinentry-qt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: pinentry-qt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-1
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: 145
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.0~beta), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.8.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-qt_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 51236
MD5sum: fd4d89d5007145e18b18be6b01dd7694
SHA1: 770d8343d2c41211e23328d52e9ca119d2fbc05c
SHA256: c4bc6cf94451941fd217d1922ecf81ec47d0492861df99b1c8266d783c403d67
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-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop
Supported: 3y