source: general/genutils/pinentry.xml@ d4e8cd93

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY pinentry-download-http "&gnupg-http;/pinentry/pinentry-&pinentry-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-download-ftp  "&gnupg-ftp;/pinentry/pinentry-&pinentry-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-md5sum        "3829315cb0a1e9cedc05ffe6def7a2c6">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-size          "460 KB">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-buildsize     "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY pinentry-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="pinentry" xreflabel="pinentry-&pinentry-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="pinentry.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>pinentry-&pinentry-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="pinentry">
    <primary sortas="a-PIN-Entry">PIN-Entry</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to PIN-Entry</title>

    <para>The <application>PIN-Entry</application> package contains a
    collection of simple PIN or pass-phrase entry dialogs which utilize the
    Assuan protocol as described by the
    <ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/aegypten/">&#xC4;gypten project</ulink>.
    <application>PIN-Entry</application> programs are usually invoked by
    the <command>gpg-agent</command> 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
    <application>Ncurses</application> (text-based), and for the common
    <application>GTK</application> and <application>Qt</application>
    toolkits.</para>

    &lfs84_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pinentry-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pinentry-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &pinentry-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &pinentry-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &pinentry-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &pinentry-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PIN-Entry Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libassuan"/> and 
      <xref linkend="libgpg-error"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="emacs"/>,
      <xref linkend="gcr"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
      <!-- <xref linkend="libcap-pam"/>, This is in LFS already. PAM is not
      necessary. -->
      <xref linkend="libsecret"/>, and
      <xref linkend="qt5"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pinentry"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of PIN-Entry</title>

    <para>Install <application>PIN-Entry</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pinentry-tty &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-inside-emacs=yes/no</option>: Default is no.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-pinentry-qt=yes/no</option>: Default is yes.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-pinentry-gtk2=yes/no</option>: Default is yes. Even if
      other <command>pinentry-*</command> is installed,
      <command>pinentry</command> will be a symlink to
      <command>pinentry-gtk-2</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-pinentry-gnome3=yes/no</option>: Default is yes.
      Actually, it is the gtk3 pinentry.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-pinentry-tty</option>: Default is 'maybe'.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          pinentry (symlink), pinentry-curses, pinentry-emacs, pinentry-gnome3,
          pinentry-gtk-2, pinentry-qt, and pinentry-tty
        </seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-prog">
        <term><command>pinentry</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symbolic link to the default
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry">pinentry</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-curses">
        <term><command>pinentry-curses</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is an <application>Ncurses</application> text-based
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> helper program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-curses">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-curses">pinentry-curses</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-emacs">
        <term><command>pinentry-emacs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is an <application>Emacs</application> version of the
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> helper program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-emacs">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-emacs">pinentry-emacs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-gnome3">
        <term><command>pinentry-gnome3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a <application>GNOME-3</application>
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> helper program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-gnome3">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-gnome3">pinentry-gnome3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-gtk-2">
        <term><command>pinentry-gtk-2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a <application>GTK+2</application>
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> program program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-gtk-2">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-gtk-2">pinentry-gtk-2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-qt">
        <term><command>pinentry-qt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a <application>Qt4 or 5</application>
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> helper program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-qt">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-qt">pinentry-qt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pinentry-tty">
        <term><command>pinentry-tty</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a <application>tty</application>
          <application>PIN-Entry</application> helper program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pinentry pinentry-tty">
            <primary sortas="b-pinentry-tty">pinentry-tty</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>