[SOLVED] How to get rid of 2 pinentries in the apps menu

Desktop Environments Cinnamon
1

I have 2 .desktop entries in my applications menu. How can I get rid of them?

System info

System:
Kernel: 6.12.29-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.10 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 with: albert vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TongFang product: GX5MRXL v: Standard serial:
Mobo: TongFang model: GX5MRXL v: Standard serial: part-nu: 0001
uuid: UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.10PCS05 date: 10/24/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.5 Wh (37.0%) condition: 85.2/99.2 Wh (85.9%) volts: 15.1 min: 15.5
model: standard type: Li-ion serial: status: discharging cycles: 146
CPU:
Info: 14-core (4-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP smt: enabled
arch: Meteor Lake rev: 4 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB L3: 18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1935 min/max: 400/4500:3600:2500 cores: 1: 1935 2: 1935 3: 1935 4: 1935
5: 1935 6: 1935 7: 1935 8: 1935 9: 1935 10: 1935 11: 1935 12: 1935 13: 1935 14: 1935 15: 1935
16: 1935 17: 1935 18: 1935 bogomips: 107856
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] vendor: AIstone Global driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Xe-LPG ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:7d55 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Kingcome FHD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 2b7e:c858 class-ID: fe01 serial:
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.65x16.65") s-diag: 798mm (31.43")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0c85 res: N/A dpi: 198 size: 329x206mm (12.95x8.11")
diag: 388mm (15.3") modes: 2560x1600
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc Graphics (MTL) device-ID: 8086:7d55
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: AIstone Global driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7e28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.29-1-lts status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:7e40 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac:
Device-2: Motorcomm Micro. YT6801 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: AIstone Global driver: N/A pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1f0a:6801 class-ID: 0200
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.95 GiB used: 120.05 GiB (25.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL2256HCHQ-00B00 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: GXA7801Q temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL2256HCHQ-00B00 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: GXA7801Q temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 232.68 GiB used: 119.8 GiB (51.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Kingcome FHD WebCam type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2b7e:c858 class-ID: fe01 serial:
Hub-4: 3-5:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-10:4 info: Intel AX211 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-2:2 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 05e3:0620 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 1065 pm: pacman pkgs: 1045 pm: flatpak pkgs: 20
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https: //mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
1: https: //fr-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
2: https: //de-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
3: https: //cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
4: https: //es-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
5: https: //us-mi-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
6: https: //in-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
7: https: //de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
8: https: //gr-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
9: https: //es-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
10: https: //us-ut-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
11: https: //de-3-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
12: https: //geo-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
13: https: //in-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
14: https: //br-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
15: https: //in-2-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
16: https: //cl-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
17: https: //kr-mirror.chaotic.cx/$repo/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
1: https: //mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
2: https: //mirror.rznet.fr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
3: https: //mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
4: https: //distrohub.kyiv.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
5: https: //mirrors.c0urier.net/linux/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
6: https: //fosszone.csd.auth.gr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
7: https: //md.mirrors.hacktegic.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
8: https: //repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
9: https: //mirror.accum.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
10: https: //ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
11: https: //ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
12: https: //mirror.leitecastro.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
13: https: //mirror.nag.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
14: https: //mirrors.gigenet.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
15: https: //mirrors.urbanwave.co.za/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
16: https: //mirrors.nxtgen.com/endeavouros-mirror/repo/$repo/$arch
17: https: //mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
18: https: //mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
19: https: //mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
20: https: //mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
21: https: //www.miraa.jp/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: http: //it.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
2: http: //es.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
3: http: //ch.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
4: http: //ru.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
5: http: //gb.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
6: http: //arch-lux.spirex.me/$repo/os/$arch
7: https: //archlinux.cu.be/$repo/os/$arch
8: https: //de.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
9: https: //mirrors.xtom.ee/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
10: http: //mirror.raiolanetworks.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
11: http: //ro.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
12: https: //mirror.neuf.no/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
13: http: //mirrors.xtom.ee/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
14: http: //arch.midov.pl/arch/$repo/os/$arch
15: https: //al.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
16: https: //mirrors.atviras.lt/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
17: https: //mirror.t-home.mk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
18: https: //mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
19: http: //mirror.telepoint.bg/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
20: https: //archlinux.koyanet.lv/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
21: http: //mirrors.atviras.lt/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
22: https: //mirror.jonas-prz.be/$repo/os/$arch
23: http: //archlinux.koyanet.lv/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
24: https: //nova.quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
25: http: //ca.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
26: http: //repo.hyron.dev/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
27: https: //mirror.alwyzon.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
28: https: //europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
29: https: //mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/$arch
30: https: //arch.midov.pl/arch/$repo/os/$arch
31: http: //mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
32: https: //fi.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
33: http: //mirror.t-home.mk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
34: http: //us.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
35: http: //quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
36: https: //ftp.myrveln.se/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
37: http: //mirror1.sox.rs/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
38: https: //mirror.peeres-telecom.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
39: http: //de.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
40: http: //sg.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
41: http: //ftp.myrveln.se/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
42: http: //mirror.nw-sys.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
43: https: //arch-lux.spirex.me/$repo/os/$arch
44: http: //mirror.datacenter.by/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
45: http: //jp.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
46: https: //mirror.tux.si/arch/$repo/os/$arch
47: http: //arch.yhtez.xyz/$repo/os/$arch
48: http: //mirror.timtal.com.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
49: http: //mirror.hostiko.network/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
50: http: //tux.rainside.sk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
51: https: //nl.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
52: https: //mirrors.uni-plovdiv.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
53: http: //mirror.pmf.kg.ac.rs/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
54: https: //theswissbay.ch/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
55: https: //mirrors.saswata.cc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
56: http: //al.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
57: https: //ro.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
58: http: //mirror.cyberbits.eu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
59: http: //archlinux.mirror.wearetriple.com/$repo/os/$arch
60: https: //tr.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
61: http: //arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch
62: http: //in.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
63: http: //sg.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
64: http: //mirror.tux.si/arch/$repo/os/$arch
65: http: //mirror.quantum5.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
66: https: //mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
67: http: //mirror.ditatompel.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
68: https: //mirror.ditatompel.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
69: https: //gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
70: http: //mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
71: http: //mirror.siwoo.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
72: http: //ftp.sh.cvut.cz/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.91 GiB used: 9.03 GiB (29.2%)
Processes: 434 Power: uptime: 14h 37m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 5
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.10 inxi: 3.3.38

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Are they maybe in ~/.local/share/applications ?

3

Nope, they are not.

4

Then look in /usr/share/applications

5

They are not there either; in fact, there are no .desktop files in that folder.

6

Thet are all .desktop applications in that directory! You could have a look in the menu editor, which in Plasma is accessed by right clicking on the menu icon and selecting edit applications.

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In the Accessories category there are 2 pinentries, each with a padlock icon. Right clicking and looking at the properties show this command for one, /usr/bin/pinentry-qt, and /usr/bin/pinentry-qt5 for the other.

Seems to me, as a layman, that those could be safely deleted: am I right?

8

Well, if you delete them, it just means you won’t be able to run them from the menu.

9

But would you agree it is likely those 2 pinentries are actually those 2 .desktop app menu entries that don’t launch anything anyway?

10

I have no idea. Are they in the same place?

11

If you mean in the same category, yes: Accessories. But their check box is not checked off.

12

You seem to have a different menu editor to me, so I guess you’re on a different desktop? Maybe that means they’re not displayed.

13

I am on Cinnamon.

14

I’m on Plasma, so basically, I’m guessing. In that vein, one last guess. Have a look through the Accessories category and see if any of them have .desktop as their display value.

15

None do, they are all displayed with their icons and app names, and their check boxes are all checked off.

16

Sorry, I’m out of ideas. Maybe someone actually running Cinnamon will have better luck.

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Now that we know what is being discussed ..

$ pacman -Fl pinentry
[...]
pinentry usr/share/applications/org.gnupg.pinentry-qt.desktop
pinentry usr/share/applications/org.gnupg.pinentry-qt5.desktop
[...]

those would be them.

If you cant wrangle your cinnamon menu to hide these entries then you could hammer it by just deleting the files and then adding them to NoExtract of pacman.conf.

[ https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Skip_files_from_being_installed_to_system ]

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Yep, that’s the ones.

They are not shown in the main menu (under the Super key), they are only listed in the “Edit menu” list.

What is baffling me is that when I check in /usr/share/applications/ there is no org.gnupg.pinentry-qt.desktop nor org.gnupg.pinentry-qt.desktop.

I tried to remove them with sudo rm /usr/share/applications/org.gnupg.pinentry-qt.desktop: the terminal does not protest, but when I do pacman -Fl pinentry both files are still listed.

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There are 2 issues here that got interwoven though they are not related.

The 1st issue is about the 2 .desktop entries. They disappeared after uninstalling the app that created them and rebooting my laptop.

The other issue is about the pinentries and that one has not been resolved. Since almost all of the discussion in this thread is about this issue, I have changed the title of this page.

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I had assumed it was understood that of course the desktop entries would be removed along with the package - thus that the intention was to keep the package but remove the desktop files for whatever reason.

The title now reads ‘How to get rid of 2 pinentries in the apps menu’ - as this is stated to be different than the original desktop files .. what are these pinentries?

These?
But they are different than the package?
But I thought we were talking about the pinentry package - which would provide these /usr/bin/pinentry* files along with the previously mentioned desktop files.

So … maybe I’m confused, but is the situation that your applications menu still has *pinentry* listed? And with a padlock icon? And they still ‘point’ to /usr/bin/pinentry*? Do such files exist? Even though pinentry is not installed?

Possibly requisite pacman query;

pacman -Qs pinent