Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-440

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

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Introduction to GNOME Keyring

The GNOME Keyring package contains a daemon that keeps passwords and other secrets for users.

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Package Information

GNOME Keyring Dependencies

Required

dbus-1.14.10 and Gcr-3.41.2

Recommended

Linux-PAM-1.6.1, libxslt-1.1.42, and OpenSSH-9.9p1

Optional

GnuPG-2.4.5, Valgrind-3.23.0, LCOV, and libcap-ng

Installation of GNOME Keyring

Install GNOME Keyring by running the following commands: 

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

./configure --prefix=/usr      \
            --sysconfdir=/etc  \
            --enable-ssh-agent &&
make

A session bus address is necessary to run the tests. To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed ... schema/*.xml: This command fixes a deprecated entry in the schema template.

--enable-ssh-agent: This switch enables the SSH agent built in to gnome-keyring instead of the one in GCR. This is done due to bugs in gcr which cause the agent to not work correctly.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-keyring (symlink), gnome-keyring-3, and gnome-keyring-daemon
Installed Libraries: gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so (PKCS#11 module) and pam_gnome_keyring.so (PAM module)
Installed Directory: /usr/lib/gnome-keyring and /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal

Short Descriptions

gnome-keyring-daemon

is a session daemon that keeps passwords for users