How to Install and Uninstall pinentry-gtk2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 23,2024

1. Install "pinentry-gtk2" package

Learn how to install pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall pinentry-gtk2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pinentry-gtk2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: pinentry
Version: 0.9.7-3
Provides: pinentry, pinentry-x11
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.15.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: pinentry-doc
Filename: pool/universe/p/pinentry/pinentry-gtk2_0.9.7-3_amd64.deb
Size: 36156
MD5sum: 16678ae4ade303dd4b43346e33b48412
SHA1: aab046f120ca0dd9d1316dd6a1cae731f4c34d7f
SHA256: 7a6c079b38ea597ff60cca3757487e21078866154f8a3073036941e3d9114aa3
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
Enhances: gnupg-agent
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop