Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.32.2

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-9.0 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.28.1, GnuPG-2.2.17, GPGME-1.13.1, itstool-2.0.6, libpwquality-1.4.0 and libsecret-0.18.8

Recommended

libsoup-2.66.2, p11-kit-0.23.16.1, OpenLDAP-2.4.48, OpenSSH-8.0p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.44.7

Optional

Avahi-0.7

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.28.2

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

Installation of Seahorse

Install Seahorse by running the following commands: 

sed -i -r 's:"(/apps):"/org/gnome\1:' data/*.xml &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

sed ... data/*.xml: This command fixes some deprecated entries in the schema templates.

-Dldap-support=false: Add this switch if you have not installed openldap.

Contents

Installed Program: seahorse
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/{lib,share,share/help/*}/seahorse

Short Descriptions

seahorse

is the graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys.

Last updated on 2019-08-25 16:50:50 -0700