How To Install keepassx on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keepassx
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is keepassx
keepassx is:
KeePassX is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the algorithms AES or Twofish.
In contrast to KeePassXC (package keepassxc), the development pace of KeePassX has slowed down. It has less features, and uses an outdated version of the Qt widget. If you do not know whether you should install keepassx or keepassxc, install keepassx instead!
There are three methods to install keepassx
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 keepassx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keepassx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keepassx
Install keepassx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keepassx
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keepassx
Install keepassx 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 keepassx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keepassx
How To Uninstall keepassx on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the keepassx
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keepassx
Uninstall keepassx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keepassx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keepassx
Remove keepassx Configurations and Data
To remove keepassx
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keepassx
Remove keepassx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keepassx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keepassx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keepassx
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.