Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.4

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.30.1.1

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-8.4 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.28.1, GnuPG-2.2.13, GPGME-1.12.0, itstool-2.0.5, and libsecret-0.18.7

Recommended

libsoup-2.64.2, p11-kit-0.23.15, OpenSSH-7.9p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.42.5

Optional

Avahi-0.7 and OpenLDAP-2.4.47

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.

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 2019-02-22 05:31:06 -0800