Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.12.2

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-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.12.2, GnuPG-2.0.26, GPGME-1.5.1, libsecret-0.18 and yelp-xsl-3.12.0

Recommended

libsoup-2.46.0, OpenSSH-6.6p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.24.0

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31 and OpenLDAP-2.4.39

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.12.2

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/seahorse

Installation of Seahorse

Install Seahorse by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--bindir=/usr/bin: This switch is used to fix the .desktop file.

Contents

Installed Programs: 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 2014-08-25 18:22:00 -0700