How To Install pinentry.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pinentry.x86_64 is Collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs

Introduction

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

What is `pinentry.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 curses (text) based version of the PIN entry dialog.

We can use yum to install pinentry.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.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install pinentry.x86_64

How To Uninstall pinentry.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove pinentry.x86_64

pinentry.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/pinentry
/usr/bin/pinentry-curses
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/README
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-0.8.1/TODO
/usr/share/info/pinentry.info.gz

References

pinentry.x86_64 website

Summary

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