Information about the apt package "pinentry-curses".

Package

pinentry-curses

Version

1.0.0-2

Priority

important

Section

utils

Source

pinentry

Origin

Ubuntu

Maintainer

Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>

Original Maintainer

Debian GnuPG Maintainers <pkg-gnupg-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug

Installed Size

90.1 kB

Provides

pinentry

Depends

libassuan0 (>= 2.0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)

Suggests

pinentry-doc

Enhances

gnupg-agent

Homepage

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/

Task

minimal

Supported

9m

Download Size

32.7 kB

APT Manual Installed

yes

APT Sources

http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages

Description

curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
This package contains a program that allows for secure entry of PINs or
pass phrases. That means it tries to take care that the entered
information is not swapped to disk or temporarily stored anywhere. This
functionality is particularly useful for entering pass phrases when using
encryption software such as GnuPG or e-mail clients using the same. It
uses an open protocol and is therefore not tied to particular software.
.
The program contained in this package implements a PIN entry dialog using
the curses tool kit, meaning that it is useful for users working in text
mode without the X Window System. There are sibling packages that
implement PIN entry dialogs that use an X tool kit. If you install any of
the graphical packages then this package is not necessary because the
sibling packages automatically fall back to text mode if X is not active.

Install Info

bionic,now 1.1.0-1 amd64

Installed Automatically

False

Files

/./
/usr/
/usr/bin/
/usr/bin/pinentry-curses*
/usr/share/
/usr/share/doc/
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/copyright
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/NEWS.gz
/usr/share/doc/pinentry-curses/README.Debian
/usr/share/man/
/usr/share/man/man1/
/usr/share/man/man1/pinentry-curses.1.gz