Seahorse

Seahorse is an Open Source GNOME application for managing encryption keys (PGP/GnuPG, SSH). It also integrates with nautilus, gedit and other places for encryption operations.

Simply install the following package(s):

• seahorse (main)

There are some additional packages, providing special functionality:

• seahorse-plugins (main) – needed for GNOME file manager¹⁾ integration, gedit plugin etc..

After installation, you can start the program by clicking “Applications→Accessories→Passwords and Encryption Keys”. Or open a terminal and start it via seahorse.

For the Seahorse Agent settings, click “Applications→Preferences→Encryption and Keyrings”.

Seahorse provides a useful gedit plugin. Go to “Edit→Preferences→Plugins tab→Text Encryption” to enable it. After restarting gedit, you are able to decrpyt/encrypt/sign/verify signatures directly within gedit:

• “Edit→Sign…”
• “Edit→Decrypt/Verify”
• “Edit→Encrypt…”

Nautilus is GNOME's default file manager. Seahorse integrates with nautilus, e.g. have a look at:

• The context menus after right clicking on files
• Double click on *.sig files

• gnupg
• OpenSSH
• SSH (Secure Shell)

• Official Seahorse project page
• Seahorse
• GnuPG-Schlüsselhierarchie: passender Algorithmus für jede Aufgabe, Schlüsselaustausch ohne Verlust des Web of Trust