KeePassX-Password Manager for Ubuntu: How-to

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KeePassX is tool to manage all your password at one single location. Although, I think that the safest location for your password is your head, a good password manager comes in handy when you have tremendous number of passwords to remember.  Let’s see how to install and use KeePassX on Ubuntu.

With KeePassX you’ll be able to save, generate and maintain your passwords efficiently and securely. All you have to do is remember one master password and leave the rest to KeePassX to manage.

Home Page

http://www.keepassx.org

Description

KeePassX is an application for people with extremely high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachments and comments in one single database. For a better management user-defined titles and icons can be specified for each single entry. Furthermore the entries are sorted in groups, which are customisable as well. The integrated search function allows to search in a single group or the complete database.
KeePassX offers a little utility for secure password generation. The password generator is very customisable, fast and easy to use. Especially someone who generates passwords frequently will appreciate this feature.

Installing KeePassX

1. The first step is to add the repositories of KeePassX in Ubuntu’s system’s software sources. Go to System > Administration > Software Sources

2. Click on the tab that reads Third Party Softwares. Click the Add button to add the repositories.

3. Add the following lines to the APT line box one by one:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/keepassx/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/keepassx/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

4. Click close. You’ll be prompted to reload the software channel. Click Reload.

5. In order to install wine, click this link. You’ll prompted with a window which says install. Click install to being the installation.

Click Apply to finish the installation.

Running KeePassX

Once installed you can find KeePassX by going to Applications > Accessories > KeePassX

This should open KeePassX.

You are all set to make your password saving/generating/maintaining experience worthwhile with KeePassX.