Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.10.2

Introduction to Seahorse

Seahorse is a graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys. Currently it supports PGP keys (using GPG/GPGME) and SSH keys.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.10.1, GPGME-1.4.3, GnuPG-2.0.22, libsecret-0.16 and yelp-xsl-3.10.1

Recommended

libsoup-2.44.2 and OpenSSH-6.5p1 (for managing SSH keys)

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31 and OpenLDAP-2.4.39

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.10.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/seahorse

Installation of Seahorse

Install Seahorse by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Program: seahorse
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/seahorse, /usr/share/help/*/seahorse, and /usr/share/seahorse

Short Descriptions

seahorse

is the graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys.

Last updated on 2014-02-22 07:06:53 -0800