Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 9.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

libsecret-0.20.1

Introduction to libsecret

The libsecret package contains a GObject based library for accessing the Secret Service API.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1 platform.

Package Information

libsecret Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.62.4

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.62.0, libgcrypt-1.8.5, and Vala-0.46.6

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.32 and docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-1.79.2, libxslt-1.1.34 (to build manual pages), and Valgrind-3.15.0 (can be used in tests)

Optional (Required for the testsuite)

D-Bus Python-1.2.16, Gjs-1.58.5, and PyGObject-3.34.0 (Python 3 module)

Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.34.0

[Note]

Note

Any package requiring libsecret expects GNOME Keyring to be present at runtime.

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

Installation of libsecret

Install libsecret by running the following commands: 

mkdir bld &&
cd bld &&

meson --prefix=/usr -Dgtk_doc=false .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

To test the results, issue: ninja test, after the package is installed. The test suite should be run from a local GUI session started with dbus-launch.

Command Explanations

-Dgtk_doc=false: Remove this if you have GTK-Doc-1.32 installed and want to rebuild the documentation with it.

-Dmanpage=false: Use this switch if you have not installed libxslt-1.1.34 and DocBook packages.

-Dgcrypt=false: Use this switch if you have not installed the recommended dependency of libgcrypt-1.8.5.

Contents

Installed Program: secret-tool
Installed Library: libsecret-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libsecret-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libsecret-1

Short Descriptions

secret-tool

is a command line tool that can be used to store and retrieve passwords.

libsecret-1.so

contains the libsecret API functions.

Last updated on 2020-02-17 12:12:55 -0800