How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-gtk2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "pinentry-gtk2" package

Please follow the steps below to install pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pinentry-gtk2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pinentry-gtk2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pinentry-gtk2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-gtk2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pinentry-gtk2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1
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: 114
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.15.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-gtk2_1.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 39572
MD5sum: 55dfe5df150300f74997ca3d7f73fe2e
SHA1: 3de5bbc2c978b47da51c46156cfc7aaa6a9e0bc0
SHA256: 47554198902cc3031c7dda530ffbed135fbbadf4d80da426a83463f3f2b179b2
SHA512: 68e7efb334c7ea41d9c915d088e989166407645b270226176caa8008b9b7c3f5d9202764928234d8e63f9f9450a0d9a8c5391f34c5cbff5728c6b723c7dfaf08
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description-en: GTK+-2-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 GTK+ tool kit version 2. If the X Window System is not
active then an alternative text-mode dialog will be used. There are
sibling packages that implement PIN entry dialogs using other tool
kits.
Description-md5: f80a139d64b6c1b0688af51229dc3ca2
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop