I have just "upgraded" from 20.04 to 24.04.1 LTS Ubunte-Mate by doing a clean install. During the installation process I opted to do a "minimal install". Also I answered "yes" when asked if I wanted to enable Automatic Login. Now, of course, I get the annoying pop-ups saying "Unlock Keyring Authorization required".
I know one could use the gui "Passwords and Keys" application, to remedy this. My problem is I cannot find it anywhere in the system, and I don't know by what other name it can possibly be launched, using the terminal.
Applications>Accessories>Passwords and Keys but since that doesn't seem to work in your case you can type "seahorse" in terminal.
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Thank you.
Seahorse was not installed for some reason, so I did "sudo apt install seahorse", and there it is now in the mate-menu!
Thanks again for the quick response.
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The reason is simple: you have removed it from your installation by choosing the "minimal install" option.
https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/seeds/ubuntu-mate.noble/desktop.minimal-remove
That's not normal for a clean install, because the login keyring is supposed to be empty by default.
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Well, the possible things I can think of that may have made this clean system install "unclean" somehow (in the short timespan since the actual install yesterday), is the fact that I downloaded and installed a couple of essential applications as I proceed to populate the system with all the other stuff I will need.
These two applications were Synaptic and Google Chrome.
Oh, and I also reinstalled the LibreOffice suite, since the system supplied original was totally broken from the start.
Same here. You have removed it using the "minimal install" option. Check the link I have posted before. The "minimal install" state in Ubuntu MATE is achieved by removing a certain set of packages after a standard install.
The default keyring is stored in your home directory.
$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/
Transferring your keyrings from your previous system is enough to make the new installation not-so-clean in this context.
Google Chrome is known for using keyring to store saved passwords, for example.
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I see. Thank you for explaining.
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