Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 11. General Utilities

PIN-Entry-0.8.3

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), GTK+, GTK+2, Qt3, and Qt4.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

PIN-Entry Dependencies

Optional

GTK+-2.24.20, libcap2-2.22 and Qt-4.8.5

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/pinentry

Installation of PIN-Entry

Install PIN-Entry by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: pinentry, pinentry-curses, pinentry-gtk, pinentry-gtk-2, pinentry-qt, and pinentry-qt4
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

pinentry

is a symbolic link to the default PIN-Entry program.

pinentry-curses

is an Ncurses text-based PIN-Entry program.

pinentry-gtk

is a GTK+ GUI PIN-Entry program.

pinentry-gtk-2

is a GTK+2 GUI PIN-Entry program.

pinentry-qt

is a Qt3 GUI PIN-Entry program.

pinentry-qt4

is a Qt4 GUI PIN-Entry program.

Last updated on 2013-08-22 15:40:33 -0700