gnome-keyring-0.2.1

Introduction to gnome-keyring

The gnome-keyring package contains a daemon that keeps passwords and other secrets for users.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-keyring/0.2/gnome-keyring-0.2.1.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-keyring/0.2/gnome-keyring-0.2.1.tar.bz2
Download size: 320 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 5.0 MB
Estimated build time: 0.01 SBU

gnome-keyring dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.4.1

Installation of gnome-keyring

Install gnome-keyring by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in $GNOME_PREFIX/sbin instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

Description

gnome-keyring libraries

gnome-keyring libraries let other applications utilize the gnome-keyring-daemon.

gnome-keyring-daemon

gnome-keyring-daemon is a session daemon that keeps passwords for users.