How To Install passwordsafe on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install passwordsafe on Kali Linux. passwordsafe is Simple & Secure Password Management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install passwordsafe on Kali Linux.

What is passwordsafe

passwordsafe is:

Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single “Master Password” of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

This is the GNU/Linux version of the popular PasswordSafe password manager, originally designed by the renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier and open sourced in 2002.

Compatible with 1.x, 2.x and 3.x versions of the database format.

Note: This is a BETA release for Linux, therefore some functionality may not yet be implemented.

There are three methods to install passwordsafe on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install passwordsafe Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install passwordsafe using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install passwordsafe

Install passwordsafe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install passwordsafe using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install passwordsafe

Install passwordsafe Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install passwordsafe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install passwordsafe

How To Uninstall passwordsafe on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the passwordsafe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove passwordsafe

Uninstall passwordsafe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall passwordsafe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove passwordsafe

Remove passwordsafe Configurations and Data

To remove passwordsafe configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge passwordsafe

Remove passwordsafe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove passwordsafe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge passwordsafe

Dependencies

passwordsafe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install passwordsafe package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.