Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version svn-20091118

Chapter 29. GNOME Core Packages

gnome-keyring-2.28.1

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+-2.18.3, XML::Parser-2.34, Libgcrypt-1.4.4, libtasn1-2.2, and Python-2.6.2

Optional

D-BUS-1.2.16 and intltool-0.40.6

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-keyring

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)/lib/gnome-keyring \
                --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.28.1 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d $(pkg-config \
        --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/doc/gnome-keyring-2.28.1 &&
install -v -m644 *.txt $(pkg-config \
        --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/doc/gnome-keyring-2.28.1

Command Explanations

--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation environment and the package will be installed in the correct location.

--libexecdir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-keyring: This parameter causes the libexec files to be installed in the preferred location of $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-keyring instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-keyring, gnome-keyring-daemon, and gnome-keyring-ask
Installed Libraries: libgcr.so, libgnome-keyring.so, libgp11.so, pam_gnome_keyring.so, gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so, gck-roots-store-standalone.so, gck-ssh-store-standalone.so, and gck-user-store-standalone.so
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/gnome-keyring-1, lib/gnome-keyring, share/doc/gnome-keyring-2.28.1, share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-keyring}

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 2009-10-25 13:15:59 +0000