{"id":33241,"date":"2021-01-15T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33241"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:04:27","slug":"keepassxc-2-6-3-released-argon2id-xml2-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/keepassxc-2-6-3-released-argon2id-xml2-support\/","title":{"rendered":"KeePassXC 2.6.3 Released with Argon2id, XML2 Support [PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/keepassx-icon.png\" alt=\"KeePassX 2 YubiKey support\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5492\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KeePassXC, cross-platform community fork of KeePass password manager, release version 2.6.3 a few days ago with new features and improvements.<\/p>\n<p>KeePassXC 2.6.3 features Argon2id KDF and version 2 XML key files support. Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve CSV Import\/Export<\/li>\n<li>Support empty area dragging of app window.<\/li>\n<li>Display default Auto-Type sequence in preview pane.<\/li>\n<li>Remove strict length limit on generated passwords<\/li>\n<li>Hide key file path by default when unlocking database<\/li>\n<li>Document support for managed Microsoft Edge<\/li>\n<li>Prevent clipboard history and cloud sync.<\/li>\n<li>Various bug-fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/keepassxc263.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33242\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install KeePassXC 2.6.3 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The Latest KeePassXC is available in Ubuntu Software via <b>Snap<\/b> package. The <a href=\"https:\/\/keepassxc.org\/download\/#linux\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official download page<\/a> also offers non-install Appimage package.<\/p>\n<p>For those prefer the classic apt method, the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~phoerious\/+archive\/ubuntu\/keepassxc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official upstream PPA<\/a> has made the new release packages for <b>Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04,<\/b> and <b>Ubuntu 20.10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from system application launcher.<\/p>\n<p>When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phoerious\/keepassxc<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type your password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/keepassxc-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/keepassxc-ppa-focal.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/keepassxc-ppa-focal-450x88.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Then either update the software package using <i>Software Updater<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/update-keepassxc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run command to install the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt install keepassxc<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apt-upgrade-keepassxc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"153\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apt-upgrade-keepassxc.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apt-upgrade-keepassxc-450x132.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>You can run the PPA repository simply by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:phoerious\/keepassxc<\/pre>\n<p>And if you want, remove keepassxc password manger via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove keepassxc<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KeePassXC, cross-platform community fork of KeePass password manager, release version 2.6.3 a few days ago with new features and improvements. KeePassXC 2.6.3 features Argon2id KDF and version 2 XML key files support. Other changes include: Improve CSV Import\/Export Support empty area dragging of app window. Display default Auto-Type sequence in preview pane. Remove strict length [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1322],"class_list":["post-33241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-password-manager"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}