How to install KeePass 2.36 on Ubuntu 17.04 and below

KeePass 2.36 recently released, is a safe password management application for people looking to secure their personal data. It has a light interface, and is cross platform. Before we proceed on how to install keepass on ubuntu, lets take a quick look at its features.

KeePass Key Features

• KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) as well as the Twofish algorithm to encrypt its password databases
• It can clear the clipboard automatically some time after you've copied one of your passwords into it
• One master password decrypts the complete database
• KeePass is portable. It can be carried on an USB stick as well as it runs on Windows systems without being installed
• KeePass doesn't store anything on your system
• App supports password list export to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML as well as CSV
• KeePass can generate strong random passwords for you
• Furthermore, KeePass uses the common CSV export format of various passwords safes like Password Keeper and Password Agent
• You can create, modify as well as delete groups, in which passwords can be sorted into
• KeePass supports time fields: creation time, last modification time, last access time and expiration time
• KeePass can minimize itself as well as type the information of the currently selected entry into dialogs, webforms, etc

Full feature details

KeePass 2.36 New Features

Features added includes

• commands 'Find Duplicate Passwords' and 'Find Similar Passwords' (in 'Edit' -> 'Show Entries'), which show entries that are using the same or similar passwords.
• command 'Password Quality Report' (in 'Edit' -> 'Show Entries'), which shows all entries and the estimated quality of their passwords.
• option 'String name' in the 'Edit' -> 'Find' dialog (for searching entries that have a specific custom string field).
• option for using a gray tray icon.
• CMD:/… /

   placeholder, which runs a command line.

• T-CONV:/… /Raw/

   placeholder, which inserts a text without encoding it for the current context.

• optional 'Last Password Modification Time (Based on History)' entry list column.
• configuration option for specifying an expiry date for master keys.
• configuration option for specifying disallowed auto-type target windows.
• workaround for Edge throwing away all keyboard input for a short time after its activation.
• workaround for Mono not properly rendering bold and italic text in rich text boxes.
• The internal text editor now supports editing PS1 files.
• The position and size of the internal data viewer is now remembered and restored.
• For various dialogs, the maximized state is now remembered and restored.
• TrlUtil now performs a case-sensitive word validation.

See release notes for all improvements and bugfix

How to install KeePass 2.36 Password Manager on Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jtaylor/keepass sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install keepass2

How to remove KeePass Password Manager from Ubuntu

sudo apt-get remove keepass2