Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 4. Security

GPGME-1.6.0

Introduction to GPGME

The GPGME package is a C library that allows cryptography support to be added to a program. It is designed to make access to public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for applications. GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing, signature verification and key management.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-1.6.0.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 60d730d22e8065fd5de309e8b98e304b

  • Download size: 964 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 23 MB (without the test suite)

  • Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (without the test suite)

GPGME Dependencies

Required

Libassuan-2.3.0

Optional

GnuPG-2.1.7 (used during the testsuite)

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

Installation of GPGME

Install GPGME by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: gpgme-config and gpgme-tool
Installed Libraries: libgpgme-pthread.so and libgpgme.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/common-lisp/source/gpgme

Short Descriptions

gpgme-config

is used to obtain GPGME compilation and linking information.

gpgme-tool

prints fingerprint and keyid with keyservers.

libgpgme-pthread.so

contains the GPGME API functions for applications using pthread.

libgpgme.so

contains the GPGME API functions.

Last updated on 2015-09-20 15:38:20 -0700