How To Install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8. pinentry-emacs is Passphrase/PIN entry dialog based on emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pinentry-emacs

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 emacs based version of the PIN entry dialog.

We can use yum or dnf to install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pinentry-emacs.

Install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install pinentry-emacs

Install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install pinentry-emacs

How To Uninstall pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pinentry-emacs

pinentry-emacs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pinentry-emacs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/d135986cf62e54b3cc4982ac212dd6d07fd32e

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-emacs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.