How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-gtk2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pinentry-gtk2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "pinentry-gtk2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pinentry-gtk2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: pinentry-gtk2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1build2
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 (>= 2.34), 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_1.1.1-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 43544
MD5sum: 7d7fcbc258e7693816b1852dab311277
SHA1: adeef6cf05a69c97459e5ab38b2dc53e7eb59893
SHA256: 3fa27abe54934275faa775b111beed599720da1e4bc9beca819f1cc45c4e0fcd
SHA512: c25ba04e685534784bbdafebb3c3d7725605a208ec5b9e98c58203260c21aab38808122394d776c0d00a62396d1b124209503105d27658d40eb2afc0275309bc
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: f80a139d64b6c1b0688af51229dc3ca2
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop