gnome-keyring-0.2.1

Introduction to gnome-keyring

The gnome-keyring package contains a daemon that keeps password and other secrets for users.

Package information

gnome-keyring dependencies

Required

GTK+-2.4.1

Installation of gnome-keyring

Install gnome-keyring by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin: This switch puts libexec files in $GNOME_PREFIX/sbin instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

Contents

The gnome-keyring package contains libgnome-keyring libraries and gnome-keyring-daemon.

Description

gnome-keyring libraries

gnome-keyring libraries let other applications utilize the gnome-keyring-daemon.

gnome-keyring-daemon

gnome-keyring-daemon is a session daemon that keeps passwords for users.