How To Install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7.
What is pinentry-qt4
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 or dnf to install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pinentry-qt4.
Install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pinentry-qt4 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pinentry-qt4
Install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pinentry-qt4 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pinentry-qt4
How To Uninstall pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pinentry-qt4 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pinentry-qt4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry-qt4 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
