gpg2: password verification through cli (disable gui)

[Beeblebrox]

I have created the Primary Key as <certify> only.

Now I want to do an addkey, so I run "gpg2 --expert --edit-key",
I select the options but process fails when Primary Key pw is asked through GUI (User ID not found).

Is there a way to force pw entry through CLI?
security/pinentry is installed and security/pinentry-ncurses is a conflict.

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