Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.20.0

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-8.1 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.20.0, GnuPG-2.1.23, GPGME-1.9.0, itstool-2.0.2, and libsecret-0.18.5

Recommended

libsoup-2.58.2, OpenSSH-7.5p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.36.4

Optional

Avahi-0.7 and OpenLDAP-2.4.45

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.20.1

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

Installation of Seahorse

Install Seahorse by running the following commands: 

sed -i -r 's:"(/apps):"/org/gnome\1:' data/*.xml &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed ... data/*.xml: This command fixes some deprecated entries in the schema templates.

Contents

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

Short Descriptions

seahorse

is the graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys.

Last updated on 2017-08-30 18:21:03 -0700