Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-24

Chapter 31. GNOME Additional Packages

Seahorse-3.4.1

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-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

gcr-3.4.1, gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10, GPGME-1.3.1, GnuPG-1.4.12 or GnuPG-2.0.18 and libgnome-keyring-3.4.1

Recommended

libsoup-2.38.1 and Rarian-0.8.1

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31, OpenLDAP-2.4.31 and OpenSSH-6.0p1 (for ssh-keygen)

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.

--disable-scrollkeeper: Use this parameter if you have installed Rarian but wish to disable the updates to the Scrollkeeper database.

Contents

Installed Program: seahorse
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/seahorse, /usr/share/gnome/help/seahorse, /usr/share/omf/seahorse and /usr/share/seahorse

Short Descriptions

seahorse

is the graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys.

Last updated on 2012-05-16 16:39:28 +0000