Originally KeePassX was called KeePass/L for Linux since it was a port of Windows password manager Keepass Password Safe. It is now available as a native program for Linux, Windows, OS X, and others. KeePassX is an 'Contributed/Unofficial KeePass Port' of KeePass that was started in 2005 (if the copyright notice on the bottom of their webpages is accurate) to run KeePass on Linux. KeePass was started about 2003, originally for Windows only, but now uses Mono to run on anything that Mono supports, like Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD. user names, passwords, urls, attachments and comments. Update: I’m now using KeePassX which is a native port of KeePass for Linux and Mac OS.You probably already know, but both KeePass and KeePassX (& now KeePassXC, a fork of KeePassX) are open source (published under the GNU General Purpose Licence 2) secure (using AES or Twofish) data storage programs, using a single database file to store (mainly) passwords, or pretty much any data you'd like e.g.

From now on, Ubuntu will update it automatically. Then update the repository directory and install KeePass2: sudo apt-get updateįinally, open KeePass, click on on Help -> Check for updates and KeePass2 will update to the latest stable version. If you don’t know the codename of the Linux version find it out with: lsb_release -a

Where precise is the codename of the Ubuntu version (here 12.04 Precise Pangolin).

For example, in Ubuntu: sudo add-apt-repository 'deb precise main' So here is the procedure to overcome this problem.įirst, add the KeePass repository.

I’m currently using KeePass2 ( update: I now use KeePassX) However, I noticed that if you install KeePass via the Ubuntu Software Center you won’t necessarily install the latest version and you won’t get the latest updates automatically. Considering the amount of passwords one has to remember these days, there is a bad tendency to use weak memorable passwords – or even worse always the same password! KeePass is good choice since it is cross-platform, uses strong encryption algorithms, and can store data offline. All you need to do is to remember one single (strong) password to open the software and that’s it. It is a password manager which allows to store secure passwords and forget about them.

Debian keepass