Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 34. GNOME Applications

Seahorse-43.0

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 11.3 platform.

Package Information

Seahorse Dependencies

Required

Gcr-3.41.1, GnuPG-2.4.0, GPGME-1.18.0, itstool-2.0.7, libhandy-1.8.1, libpwquality-1.4.5 and libsecret-0.20.5

Recommended

libsoup-3.2.2, p11-kit-0.24.1, OpenLDAP-2.6.4, OpenSSH-9.2p1 (for managing SSH keys) and Vala-0.56.4

Optional

Avahi-0.8

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-42.1

User Notes: https://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 &&

sed -i "s/'2.3.0'/'2.3.0', '2.4.0'/" meson.build &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

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.

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

sed ... meson.build: This command fixes building with GnuPG-2.4 installed.

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

Contents

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

Short Descriptions

seahorse

is the graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys