Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-25

Chapter 4. Security

p11-kit-0.12

Introduction to p11-kit

The p11-kit package Provides a way to load and enumerate PKCS #11 (a Cryptographic Token Interface Standard) modules.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/p11-kit

Installation of p11-kit

Install p11-kit by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc: This parameter creates the pkcs11 directory in /etc instead of /usr/etc. If you are building this for a server rather than a desktop, you might prefer to put this in /var/lib.

Contents

Installed Program: p11-kit
Installed Libraries: libp11-kit.so and p11-kit-proxy.so
Installed Directories: /etc/pkcs11,/usr/{include/p11-kit-1/p11-kit,share/gtk-doc/html/p11-kit}

Short Descriptions

libp11-kit.so

contains functions used to coordinate initialization and finalization of any PKCS#11 module.

p11-kit-proxy.so

is PKCS#11 proxy module.

Last updated on 2012-03-24 16:52:22 +0000