The Gcr package contains libraries used for displaying certificates and accessing key stores. It also provides the viewer for crypto files on the GNOME Desktop.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gcr/3.41/gcr-3.41.1.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gcr/3.41/gcr-3.41.1.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: c1e98af977236255006e11e8f8cfbaca
Download size: 1008 KB
Estimated disk space required: 33 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with tests; both using parallelism=4)
GLib-2.74.6, libgcrypt-1.10.1, and p11-kit-0.24.1
GnuPG-2.4.0, gobject-introspection-1.76.0, GTK+-3.24.37, libsecret-0.20.5, libxslt-1.1.37, and Vala-0.56.4
Gi-DocGen-2023.1 and Valgrind-3.20.0
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gcr
Install Gcr by running the following commands:
sed -i 's:"/desktop:"/org:' schema/*.xml &&
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dgtk_doc=false \
.. &&
ninja
If you have Gi-DocGen-2023.1 installed and wish to build the API documentation for this package, issue:
sed -e "/install_dir/s@,\$@ / 'gcr-3.41.1'&@" \
-e "/fatal-warnings/d" \
-i ../docs/*/meson.build &&
meson configure -Dgtk_doc=true &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests must be run from an X Terminal or similar.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-Dgtk=false: Use this switch if you
haven't installed GTK+-3.24.37. Note that gcr-viewer will not be installed if this is
passed to meson.
-Dgtk_doc=true: Allow building this
package without Gi-DocGen-2023.1 installed. If you have
Gi-DocGen-2023.1 installed and you
wish to rebuild and install the API documentation, a meson configure command will
reset this option.