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keepassxc: Browser Integration

I am a new user of keepassxc. This is a password manager for Windows, Mac and Linux. Originally I downloaded it using the ubuntu repository. But the developers of keepassxc released a new improved version not a week ago, so I decided to upgrade. Unfortunately, I can get the new version using snap or a PPA and decided to download the snap from the website. After the installation, I tested the password manager with my browser and it is broken. It worked before with the old version. So my search for a solution pointed me to this page: troubleshooting browser integration with keepassxc.

If you have keepassxc and using Linux, first check your version and how you install it. Then if you want browser integration which is a very neat thing to have if you are a password manager user, open the browser integration tab within the application. I use Mozilla Firefox and I need to download an add-on called keepassxc-browser. Keepassxc should be connecting with my browser but there's a glitch. After checking troubleshooting guide above, I need to edit a settings file here /home/user/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/org.keepassxc.keepassxc_browser.json. Just make sure the path= points to the directory of the keepassxc binary. 

If you don't know where your keepassxc binary is use the command: 

$ whereis keepassxc

Lastly, if you're using Linux and you install your browser using snap, integration isn't going to work. Install the browser and keepassxc from the distribution repository or PPA. AppleImage also works. 

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