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Howto update KeePass up to latest version on Ubuntu
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Howto update KeePass up to latest version on Ubuntu

Install keepass2 on Ubuntu

sudo apt install keepass2

Download KeePass with the latest version

Goto https://keepass.info/download.html and download KeePass Portable (zip file) or use the following command:

curl -Lo KeePass.zip https://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass/files/KeePass%202.x/2.51/KeePass-2.51.zip/download

Extract and update files

# Login root user
sudo su
mkdir -p /usr/lib/keepass2/temp /usr/lib/keepass2/_archives

# Extract zip file to temp directory
unzip KeePass-2.50.zip -d /usr/lib/keepass2/temp

# Backup keepass files of the existing version
cd /usr/lib/keepass2/
mv KeePass.exe  KeePass.exe.config  Plugins /usr/lib/keepass2/_archives

# Update keepass files of the new version
cd /usr/lib/keepass2/temp 
mv KeePass.exe  KeePass.exe.config  Plugins ../

# Remove temp directory
rm -rf /usr/lib/keepass2/temp

exit
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