How To Install pinentry-qt4.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-qt4.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pinentry-qt4.x86_64 is Passphrase/PIN entry dialog based on Qt4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-qt4.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is pinentry-qt4.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 Qt4 GUI based version of the PIN entry dialog. Support for Qt4 is new, and a bit experimental.

We can use yum to install pinentry-qt4.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-qt4.x86_64.

Install pinentry-qt4.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-qt4.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pinentry-qt4.x86_64

How To Uninstall pinentry-qt4.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pinentry-qt4.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pinentry-qt4.x86_64

pinentry-qt4.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/pinentry-qt4

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-qt4.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.