KeePassX - Installation (source code tarball)

Installation (source code tarball)

Change to the directory where source code tarball has been saved in and unpack it as follows:

gzip -dc {Download-directory}/KeePassX-{Version}-.tar.gz | tar xf -

Change location into the created directory:

cd KeePassX-{Version}/

Then execute ‘qmake’ to create makefiles

qmake

Under Unix/X11 the project is configured to install KeePassX in ‘/usr/local’. A different installation directory can be specified by passing a parameter ‘PREFIX’ to ‘qmake’, e.g.:

qmake PREFIX=/{Install.-directory}

Note: under Mac OS X this parameter is not provided. Everthing is installed in ‘/Applications’

To start the compiling process run ‘make’

make

Now, to install KeePassX on your system execute the following command:

make install

In case you are not signed in as root or if you do not have access rights to the installation directory, then you have to execute the previos command with root access rights

sudo make install

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