Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2015-03-06-multilib

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.14.0

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-7.7 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.14.0, GPGME-1.5.3, GnuPG-2.0.26, Itstool-2.0.2, and libsecret-0.18

Recommended

libsoup-2.48.1, OpenSSH-6.7p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.26.2

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31 and OpenLDAP-2.4.40

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.14.0

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 \
            --disable-static  &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--bindir=/usr/bin: Fix desktop file.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Program: 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 2015-03-03 19:19:21 -0500