How To Install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pinentry-gtk.x86_64 is Passphrase/PIN entry dialog based on GTK+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pinentry-gtk.x86_64`

Pinentry is a collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs which utilize the Assuan protocol as described by the aegypten project; see http This package contains the GTK GUI based version of the PIN entry dialog.

We can use yum to install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pinentry-gtk.x86_64.

Install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pinentry-gtk.x86_64

How To Uninstall pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pinentry-gtk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pinentry-gtk.x86_64

pinentry-gtk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk
/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2

References

pinentry-gtk.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.