How to install Password safe in Ubuntu

To install Password safe in Ubuntu

Password Safe is a secure free password manager which stores the passwords securely in an encrypted database on your computer. This tool uses only one password to unlock all your stored usernames and passwords. Installation of Password safe is explained in this manual.

Features

• To manage Password.
• Import and export password.
• Supports file encryption.
• Password generator.

To install Password Safe

Utilise the following command to add the Password Safe repository.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository -y ppa:upubuntu-com/system
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp9l778mlw/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp9l778mlw/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key E06E6293 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp9l778mlw/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key E06E6293: public key " Launchpad PPA for upubuntu.com"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Run the following command to update the system.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                       
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                    
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease             
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                                
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg [316 B]            
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release                          
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease                      
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources                    
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources                               
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release [15.1 kB]                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease                    
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources              
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                            
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en              
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en              
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en                
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_IN                 
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_IN           
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_IN           
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_IN             
Fetched 18.3 kB in 19s (952 B/s)                                               
Reading package lists... Done

Run the following command to install the Password Safe package.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install passwordsafe
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libcairo2-dbg libgcc1-dbg libglib2.0-0-dbg libglib2.0-0-refdbg
  libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-0-dbg libpango1.0-0-dbg libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
  libpcrecpp0 libsm6-dbg libxerces-c3.1 libykpers-1-1 libyubikey0 zlib1g-dbg
  zlib1g-dev
Suggested packages:
  libcairo-script-interpreter2 cairo-perf-utils libglib2.0-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcairo2-dbg libgcc1-dbg libglib2.0-0-dbg libglib2.0-0-refdbg
  libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-0-dbg libpango1.0-0-dbg libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0
  libsm6-dbg libxerces-c3.1 libykpers-1-1 libyubikey0 passwordsafe zlib1g-dbg
  zlib1g-dev
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Setting up libglib2.0-0-refdbg:amd64 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libpcre3-dev:amd64 (1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3) ...
Setting up zlib1g-dev:amd64 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libglib2.0-dev (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libcairo2-dbg:amd64 (1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libgcc1-dbg:amd64 (1:4.9.3-0ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libglib2.0-0-dbg:amd64 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgtk-3-0-dbg:amd64 (3.10.8-0ubuntu1.6) ...
Setting up libpango1.0-0-dbg (1.36.3-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libsm6-dbg:amd64 (2:1.2.1-2) ...
Setting up zlib1g-dbg (1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up passwordsafe (0.95-d) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.7) ...

Search and click the password safe icon.

Create a new database, by triggering new button.

Enter a name for the database and click Save.

Set new password for the newly created database.

Now we have successfully created a database.

Create one more new database.

Enter a name for the database and click save.



To open an existing database, click the browse option.

Select the database you want to open and click Open

Type the password for authentication and click OK.