Go to the KeeWeb website by opening your web browser and type keeweb.info/">https://keeweb.info/ into the address bar. Once you are on the homepage, click on the "Download" button to get the latest version of KeeWeb.
After the download is completed, navigate to the downloaded file and right-click on it. From the context menu, select "Extract Here" to extract the contents of the package to the current directory.
KeeWeb is based on Node.js, so we need to install it on our system. Open the terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install nodejs
After the installation is complete, verify that Node.js is installed by running the following command:
node -v
This should return the current version of Node.js installed on your system.
NPM is the package manager for Node.js, and we need it to install the dependencies for KeeWeb. To install NPM, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install npm
After the installation is complete, verify that NPM is installed by running the following command:
npm -v
This should return the current version of NPM installed on your system.
Navigate to the extracted KeeWeb directory and run the following command to install the dependencies:
npm install
This will install all the required dependencies for KeeWeb.
To launch KeeWeb, run the following command from the terminal:
npm start
KeeWeb should now be running on your system, accessible through your default web browser at http://localhost:8080.
To easily launch KeeWeb from your desktop, create a shortcut by following these steps:
Right-click on the desktop and select "Create New Launcher"
In the "Name" field, enter "KeeWeb".
In the "Command" field, enter the following command:
x-terminal-emulator -e /full/path/to/keepass
Replace "/full/path/to/keepass" with the actual path to the extracted KeeWeb directory.
Now you can launch KeeWeb directly from your desktop!
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