How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-curses Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "pinentry-curses" package

Please follow the instructions below to install pinentry-curses on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall pinentry-curses on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pinentry-curses
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
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: 92
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-curses_1.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 31968
MD5sum: 9d121f3cbd6dc7ac5e95898b26c3aa41
SHA1: 0d5d58921dbd32af9359e78944aa5722c29b5390
SHA256: 7521c70a122a1f91744d9e36c183337bb4263e4a16297b0045225fc7210b442d
SHA512: cc55a87de1848801bcb9a65d1a1c113661ee1f2b2ed833ccd504f27a405b00b143a80b8b0c25b6c5ff95d98c70e830b5225246deb2d59d54031e0b48e793d166
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description-en: curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
This package contains a program that allows for secure entry of PINs or
pass phrases. That means it tries to take care that the entered
information is not swapped to disk or temporarily stored anywhere.
This functionality is particularly useful for entering pass phrases
when using encryption software such as GnuPG or e-mail clients using
the same. It uses an open protocol and is therefore not tied to
particular software.
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The program contained in this package implements a PIN entry dialog
using the curses tool kit, meaning that it is useful for users
working in text mode without the X Window System. There are sibling
packages that implement PIN entry dialogs that use an X tool kit. If
you install any of the graphical packages then this package is not
necessary because the sibling packages automatically fall back to
text mode if X is not active.
Description-md5: 40c3b46e5e326523fcd237c6508519bf
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