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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.
Installation
Ubuntu
10.04 Lucid and above
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”.
Tips and tricks
gedit integration
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…”
File manager (Nautilus) integration
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
Screenshots
See also
Weblinks
- Official Seahorse project page