Gcr-3.41.2

Introduction to Gcr

The Gcr package contains libraries used for displaying certificates and accessing key stores. It also provides the viewer for crypto files on the GNOME Desktop.

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Package Information

Gcr Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.82.1 (GObject Introspection recommended), libgcrypt-1.11.0, and p11-kit-0.25.5

Recommended

Optional

Gi-DocGen-2024.1 and Valgrind-3.23.0

Installation of Gcr

Install Gcr by running the following commands:

sed -i 's:"/desktop:"/org:' schema/*.xml &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D gtk_doc=false    \
            -D ssh_agent=false  \
            ..                  &&
ninja

If you have Gi-DocGen-2024.1 installed and wish to build the API documentation for this package, issue:

sed -e "/install_dir/s@,\$@ / 'gcr-3.41.2'&@" \
    -i ../docs/*/meson.build                  &&
meson configure -D gtk_doc=true               &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. The tests must be run from an X Terminal or similar.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-D ssh_agent=false: Prevent a conflict with Gcr-4.3.0. Omit this switch if you do not plan to install Gcr-4.3.0 and you want to use gcr-ssh-agent.

-D gtk=false: Use this switch if you haven't installed GTK+-3.24.43. Note that gcr-viewer will not be installed if this is passed to meson.

-D gtk_doc=true: Allow building this package without Gi-DocGen-2024.1 installed. If you have Gi-DocGen-2024.1 installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation, a meson configure command will reset this option.

Contents

Installed Program: gcr-viewer
Installed Libraries: libgck-1.so, libgcr-base-3.so and libgcr-ui-3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gck-1, /usr/include/gcr-3, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{gcr,gck}

Short Descriptions

gcr-viewer

is used to view certificates and key files

libgck-1.so

contains GObject bindings for PKCS#11