How to install KeePassXC 2.4.0 in Ubuntu via PPA and via Snap. KeePassXC is a password manager for Linux Ubuntu Systems. KeePassXC is a cross-platform community fork of KeePassX. Our goal is to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform and modern open-source password manager.
Features
- Auto-Type on all three major platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS)
- Twofish encryption
- YubiKey challenge-response support
- TOTP generation
- CSV import
- Command line interface
- DEP and ASLR hardening
- Stand-alone password and passphrase generator
- Password strength meter
- Using website favicons as entry icons
- Merging of databases
- Automatic reload when the database changed on disk
- Browser integration with KeePassXC-Browser using native messaging for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome or Chromium
- Synchronize passwords using KeeShare. See Using Sharing for more details.
- Many bug fixes
KeePassXC 2.4.0
- New Database Wizard [#1952]
- Advanced Search [#1797]
- Automatic update checker [#2648]
- KeeShare database synchronization [#2109, #1992, #2738, #2742, #2746, #2739]
- Improve favicon fetching; transition to Duck-Duck-Go [#2795, #2011, #2439]
- Remove KeePassHttp support [#1752]
- CLI: output info to stderr for easier scripting [#2558]
- CLI: Add –quiet option [#2507]
- CLI: Add create command [#2540]
- CLI: Add recursive listing of entries [#2345]
- CLI: Fix stdin/stdout encoding on Windows [#2425]
- SSH Agent: Support OpenSSH for Windows [#1994]
- macOS: TouchID Quick Unlock [#1851]
- macOS: Multiple improvements; include CLI in DMG [#2165, #2331, #2583]
- Linux: Prevent Klipper from storing secrets in clipboard [#1969]
- Linux: Use polling based file watching for NFS [#2171]
- Linux: Enable use of browser plugin in Snap build [#2802]
- TOTP QR Code Generator [#1167]
- High-DPI Scaling for 4k screens [#2404]
- Make keyboard shortcuts more consistent [#2431]
- Warn user if deleting referenced entries [#1744]
- Allow toolbar to be hidden and repositioned [#1819, #2357]
- Increase max allowed database timeout to 12 hours [#2173]
- Password generator uses existing password length by default [#2318]
- Improve alert message box button labels [#2376]
- Show message when a database merge makes no changes [#2551]
- Browser Integration Enhancements [#1497, #2253, #1904, #2232, #1850, #2218, #2391, #2396, #2542, #2622, #2637, #2790]
- Overall Code Improvements [#2316, #2284, #2351, #2402, #2410, #2419, #2422, #2443, #2491, #2506, #2610, #2667, #2709, #2731]
Install KeePassXC 2.4.0 via Snap
Run the following commands in terminal to install KeePassXC 2.4.0 in Ubuntu via Snap:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install snapd
sudo snap install keepassxc
Install KeePassXC 2.4.0 via PPA
RUn the following commands in terminal to install KeePassXC 2.4.0 in Ubuntu via PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phoerious/keepassxc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install keepassxc
Once installed, open KeePassXC from Ubuntu Dash.