How to Install pinentry-gtk2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install pinentry-gtk2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

pinentry-gtk2 software package provides GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install pinentry-gtk2 

pinentry-gtk2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the pinentry-gtk2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pinentry-gtk2 *

You will get with pinentry-gtk2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

pinentry-gtk2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package pinentry-gtk2
Version 0.8.3-1ubuntu1
Description GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove pinentry-gtk2 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?