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

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pinentry-tty 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-tty" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pinentry-tty on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall pinentry-tty on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: pinentry-tty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1-1build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
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: 77
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-tty_1.1.1-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 29742
MD5sum: 72654024381d524df21bacb305204294
SHA1: b8745134791f7de5e338b54d790fc310a2e5ad3d
SHA256: 9aa8b6e2f7deafa89a5a2d06e566ce7ebff0634af62b186573ea2513ac7bdb77
SHA512: 53654c8fd669a144d17bdfdfc1ef1c474cc566d597a24317970a4fae976d6cb76c454fa351e111dce9019bd66e88732d47bbb4cd3adeee55ed5a353304b01770
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: minimal dumb-terminal PIN or pass-phrase entry for GnuPG
Description-md5: fb1b5491849b43150afbc7d00b1d4d4f