How To Install pinentry on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinentry on Rocky Linux 8. pinentry is Collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs

Introduction

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

What is pinentry

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

Install pinentry 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pinentry

Install pinentry 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pinentry

How To Uninstall pinentry on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pinentry

pinentry Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pinentry
/usr/bin/pinentry-curses
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/d61c77ce6445287fa93bca3ee4c05e63f0fecc
/usr/share/doc/pinentry
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/README
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry/TODO
/usr/share/info/pinentry.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/pinentry
/usr/share/licenses/pinentry/COPYING

References

Summary

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