How To Install gokey on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gokey
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gokey
gokey is:
gokey is a password manager, which does not require a password vault. Instead of storing your passwords in a vault it derives your password on the fly from your master password and supplied realm string (for example, resource URL). This way you do not have to manage, backup or sync your password vault (or trust its management to a third party) as your passwords are available immediately anywhere.
There are three methods to install gokey
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gokey Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gokey
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gokey
Install gokey Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gokey
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gokey
Install gokey Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gokey
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gokey
How To Uninstall gokey on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gokey
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gokey
Uninstall gokey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gokey
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gokey
Remove gokey Configurations and Data
To remove gokey
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gokey
Remove gokey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gokey
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gokey
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gokey
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.