How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-tty Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 22,2024

1. Install "pinentry-tty" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pinentry-tty on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install pinentry-tty

2. Uninstall "pinentry-tty" package

Learn how to uninstall pinentry-tty on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove pinentry-tty $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the pinentry-tty package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: pinentry-tty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-3build1
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: 89
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-tty_1.1.0-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 32060
MD5sum: f9738554df135b5cae62c62edafd8480
SHA1: 69f69cf21c2f1f765fbbbbc14b102823328f9e15
SHA256: 2b6c5ff7339220faabfdbb6440bb4a5f72aa6d8af44994d423eb7b72d51a0552
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: minimal dumb-terminal PIN or pass-phrase entry for GnuPG
Description-md5: fb1b5491849b43150afbc7d00b1d4d4f