How To Install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-tty in Fedora 36. pinentry-tty is Passphrase/PIN entry dialog in tty

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36.

What is `pinentry-tty`

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 tty version of the PIN entry dialog.

We can use yum or dnf to install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pinentry-tty.

Install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pinentry-tty using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pinentry-tty

Install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install pinentry-tty

How To Uninstall pinentry-tty on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pinentry-tty package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pinentry-tty

pinentry-tty Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pinentry-tty
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/e6ad4e953f2888c866416f87ec92d956469510

References

pinentry-tty website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-tty on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).