CentOS / RHEL: Install gpass Password Manager For GNOME2 Desktop

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To install gpass password manager on CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the GNOME2 desktop environment, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install the required dependencies:
$ sudo yum install gnome2-devel gnome-keyring-devel libgnome-keyring-dev gtk2-devel
  1. Download the source code for gpass from its official website or Github repository:
$ wget https://github.com/gpass/gpass/releases/download/v0.5.1/gpass-0.5.1.tar.gz
  1. Extract the source code:
$ tar xvzf gpass-0.5.1.tar.gz
  1. Navigate to the extracted directory and compile the source code:
$ cd gpass-0.5.1
$ ./configure
$ make
  1. Install gpass:
$ sudo make install
  1. Finally, start gpass by running the following command in your terminal:
$ gpass

This should install gpass password manager on your CentOS or RHEL system with the GNOME2 desktop environment.

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