{"id":8904,"date":"2019-05-01T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2021-01-10T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T16:25:16","slug":"keepass-2-42-released-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/05\/keepass-2-42-released-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"KeePass 2.42 Released with Many New Features \/ Improvements"},"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 manager 2.42 was released a few hours ago with many enhancements, improvements and bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepass.info\/news\/n190501_2.42.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KeePass 2.42<\/a> release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added &#8216;Group&#8217;, &#8216;Entry&#8217; and &#8216;Find&#8217; to main menu, and removed &#8216;Edit&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>System-wide hot key (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A) to auto-type only the password of a matching entry.<\/li>\n<li>Shift+double clicking URL copy link to clipboard.<\/li>\n<li>Added quick edit commands &#8216;Expires: Now&#8217; and &#8216;Expires: Never&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Added support for importing Steganos Password Manager 20 CSV files.<\/li>\n<li>Added support for importing Bitwarden 1.12 JSON files.<\/li>\n<li>Added support for importing tags and keywords for Mozilla Bookmarks JSON import<\/li>\n<li>Two commands for copying a whole entry to the clipboard: &#8216;Copy Entry (Encrypted)&#8217; and &#8216;Copy Entry (Unencrypted)&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Added Ctrl+Shift+P shortcut for printing the currently selected group.<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8216;Cancel&#8217; command in the context menu of KeePass&#8217; system tray icon.<\/li>\n<li>And various other improvements and bug-fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install the Latest KeePass in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The software package has been made into PPA 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.<br \/>\nTo 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 manager 2.42 was released a few hours ago with many enhancements, improvements and bug-fixes. KeePass 2.42 release highlights: Added &#8216;Group&#8217;, &#8216;Entry&#8217; and &#8216;Find&#8217; to main menu, and removed &#8216;Edit&#8217;. System-wide hot key (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A) to auto-type only the password of a matching entry. Shift+double clicking URL copy link to clipboard. Added quick edit commands [&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],"class_list":["post-8904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-keepass2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8904","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=8904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}