Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-17

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.6.3

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-7.2 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.6.2, GPGME-1.4.0, GnuPG-1.4.13 or GnuPG-2.0.20, libsecret-0.14 and yelp-xsl-3.6.1

Recommended

libsoup-2.40.3

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31, OpenLDAP-2.4.35 and OpenSSH-6.2p1

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 2013-01-25 16:32:25 +0000