Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

Gnome-keyring-0.4.2

Introduction to Gnome-keyring

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

Package Information

Gnome-keyring Dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.6.7

Installation of Gnome-keyring

[Note]

Note

The instructions below are based on installing the package into a GNOME-2 environment. If, for whatever reason, you're installing this package without having ORBit2 and the core GNOME-2 libraries installed, you'll need to modify the --prefix= parameter on the configure script to point to your desired installation path (e.g., --prefix=/usr).

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

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.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-keyring-ask and gnome-keyring-daemon
Installed Library: libgnome-keyring.so
Installed Directory: $GNOME_PREFIX/include/gnome-keyring-1

Short Descriptions

gnome-keyring-daemon

is a session daemon that keeps passwords for users.

libgnome-keyring.so

let other applications utilize gnome-keyring-daemon.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600