libsecret-0.18.7

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Utilities

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# libsecret-0.18.7

## 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-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsecret/0.18/libsecret-0.18.7.tar.xz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsecret/0.18/libsecret-0.18.7.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 376153ece17081eb5410870e0dc5c031

- Download size: 500 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 17 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

### libsecret Dependencies

#### Required

GLib-2.58.3

#### Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.58.3, libgcrypt-1.8.4, and Vala-0.42.5

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.29 and docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-1.79.2, and libxslt-1.1.33 (to build manual pages)

#### Optional (Required for the testsuite)

D-Bus Python-1.2.8, Gjs-1.54.3, and PyGObject-2.28.7

#### Runtime Dependency

gnome-keyring-3.28.2

### 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:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
    make

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

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

## Command Explanations

`--disable-static`: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

`--enable-gtk-doc`: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

`--disable-manpages`: Use this switch if you have not installed libxslt-1.1.33 and DocBook packages.

`--disable-gcrypt`: Use this switch if you have not installed the recommended dependency of libgcrypt-1.8.4.

## 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 2019-02-19 03:13:15 -0600

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