How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-curses Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "pinentry-curses" package

This guide let you learn how to install pinentry-curses on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall pinentry-curses on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: pinentry-curses
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-1ubuntu1
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: 89
Provides: pinentry
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.1.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.16), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/pinentry/pinentry-curses_1.2.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 34584
MD5sum: 855da506df1a654f3565512cefda3cb8
SHA1: 45631106dd3a9af98f8a67661234fb3dcff15d88
SHA256: 0c10c239ae027f0019e528ded2e0818b717bbf8a8573c747ceffde9b3865781b
SHA512: dadedab47c4fd3c718b2ff2ed347649fafb6587d63a02f65bbbb33f720e8c69220ae695d63a93d3c8059e6aa1b614a8b6dd32fbae09134067da7dfa5cd20917d
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Description: curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Description-md5: 40c3b46e5e326523fcd237c6508519bf
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