Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-3.9.91

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-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.9.91, GPGME-1.4.3, GnuPG-1.4.14 or GnuPG-2.0.21, libsecret-0.16 and yelp-xsl-3.8.1

Recommended

libsoup-2.42.2 and OpenSSH-6.3p1 (for managing ssh keys)

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31 and OpenLDAP-2.4.36

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

Installation of Seahorse

Install Seahorse by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--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 2013-09-12 07:48:13 -0700