Introduction to PIN-Entry
The PIN-Entry package contains a
collection of simple PIN or pass-phrase entry dialogs which utilize
the Assuan protocol as described by the Ägypten project. PIN-Entry programs are usually invoked by the
gpg-agent daemon, but
can be run from the command line as well. There are programs for
various text-based and GUI environments, including interfaces
designed for Ncurses (text-based),
and for the common GTK and
Qt toolkits.
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Note
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Package Information
PIN-Entry Dependencies
Required
libassuan-3.0.1 and libgpg-error-1.51
Optional
Emacs-29.4, FLTK-1.3.10, Gcr-4.3.0 (or Gcr-3.41.2),
KDE Frameworks-6.8.0,
libsecret-0.21.4, and efl
Installation of PIN-Entry
Install PIN-Entry by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-pinentry-tty &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
--enable-inside-emacs=yes/no: Default
is no.
--enable-pinentry-qt=yes/no: Default is
yes.
--enable-pinentry-gnome3=yes/no:
Default is yes. This option uses Gcr-4.3.0 (or Gcr-3.41.2
if the former is not installed) for the pinentry dialog.
--enable-pinentry-tty:
Default is 'maybe'.
Contents
Installed Programs:
pinentry (symlink), pinentry-curses,
pinentry-emacs, pinentry-fltk, pinentry-gnome3, pinentry-qt,
and pinentry-tty
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directory:
None
Short Descriptions
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pinentry
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is a symbolic link to the default PIN-Entry program
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pinentry-curses
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is an Ncurses text-based
PIN-Entry helper program
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pinentry-emacs
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is an Emacs version of
the PIN-Entry helper
program
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pinentry-fltk
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is a FLTK PIN-Entry helper program
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pinentry-gnome3
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is a GNOME-3
PIN-Entry helper program
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pinentry-qt
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is a Qt4 or 5
PIN-Entry helper program
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pinentry-tty
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is a tty PIN-Entry helper program
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