{"id":8144,"date":"2018-09-12T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8144"},"modified":"2021-01-10T16:26:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T16:26:41","slug":"keepass-password-safe-2-40-released-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/keepass-password-safe-2-40-released-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"KeePass Password Safe 2.40 Released with New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/keepass2-icon.png\" alt=\"KeePass2\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6673\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KeePass Password Safe 2.40 was released a few days ago with some new features and various improvements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepass.info\/news\/n180910_2.40.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KeePass 2.4.0<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added automatic completion support for the user name box and the auto-type sequence boxes in the entry editing dialogs<\/li>\n<li>Added automatic completion support for the URL and user name boxes in the &#8216;Open From URL&#8217; dialog<\/li>\n<li>Added option &#8216;Group path&#8217; in the &#8216;Find&#8217; dialog<\/li>\n<li>Added read-only mode for the entry string dialog<\/li>\n<li>The internal data viewer now supports zooming images via Ctrl+Add, Ctrl+Subtract, and the mouse wheel with Ctrl.<\/li>\n<li>Added option &#8216;Remember master password (in encrypted form) of a database while it is open&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced compatibility check for DLL plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Added URL opening event for plugins.<\/li>\n<li>On Unix-like systems: added support for opening the local help file with KChmViewer.<\/li>\n<li>Added workaround for initial input focus problem in the master key prompt dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Added workaround for Mono not always raising the FormClosed event properly.<\/li>\n<li>TrlUtil now remembers the last translation file directory.<\/li>\n<li>There are also various bug-fixes and code optimizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install the Latest KeePass in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The software package has been made into an Ubuntu PPA available for all current Ubuntu releases and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from app launcher. When it opens, run following commands to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/keepass2<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/keepass2-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/keepass2-ppa-focal.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/keepass2-ppa-focal-450x105.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade KeePass password safe via <b>Software Updater<\/b> if you have a previous version installed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-keepass2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-keepass2-450x275.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade KeePass2\" width=\"450\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-keepass2-450x275.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-keepass2-600x366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-keepass2.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or run commands to install \/ upgrade the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install keepass2<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The PPA repository can be removed via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility under <i>Other Software<\/i> tab. To remove KeePass password safe, simply run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove keepass2<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KeePass Password Safe 2.40 was released a few days ago with some new features and various improvements. KeePass 2.4.0 release highlights: Added automatic completion support for the user name box and the auto-type sequence boxes in the entry editing dialogs Added automatic completion support for the URL and user name boxes in the &#8216;Open From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1433,1322],"class_list":["post-8144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-keepass2","tag-password-manager"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8144","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=8144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}