Comments on: Running KeePass 2.x on OSX using macpack

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:16:23 +0000

HELP!! How do you get the clipboard working? Just found this thread. I love KeePass and have it running on several PC’s and my android phone, but getting it to run, WITH a working clipboard, on the MAC, is beyond me. KeePass 1.x does not work with all the fields I need and use on KeePass 2.x, so KeePass 1.x is not an option. The http://www.KeePass.info site, has instructions on getting it to run under OS-X. (I’m running Lion.) But what it says is beyond my comprehension level. I installed Mono, and am able to open a TERMINAL session and run KeePass, but the lack of copy/paste makes using it terrible. Every password has to be read and then retyped into a web page or whatever. It appears the XDOTOOL and MAC-PORTS combo is supposed to fix this. The instructions at http://keepass.info/help/v2/setup.html#mono have mumbo jumbo about MAC-PORTS http://www.macports.org/install.php and yet more mumbo jumbo about XDOTOOL I tried installing MAC-PORTS but get a cryptic message back saying no index(es) found and it refuses to do the first thing, which is update itself the the latest version. XDOTOOL is hopeless. I have no clue what to do with this. Can one of you MAC Aficionados give me some easier to follow steps to get all this stuff installed and working. THANKS!

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:07 +0000

Worked fantastically for me.. thanks a lot.. its nice to have it all in one icon.

By: Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:18:22 +0000

@Nir: I’m not sure what the problem is. You should have a KeePass.app when it’s been macpacked. Try to find that app package.

By: KeePass unter Mac OS X Lion | Schimmelkolonie

KeePass unter Mac OS X Lion | Schimmelkolonie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:42:46 +0000

[...] die *.kdbx Dateien nicht mit KeePassX, dem Programm der Wahl für den Mac laufen wollte. Es gab abenteuerliche Anleitungen mit Mono. Letztendlich habe ich es sogar zum Laufen gebracht, allerdings konnte ich die Passwörter [...]

By: Nir

Nir — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:33:12 +0000

I have gone through the process again. I am entering: /Applications/KeePass/KeePass-2.18 macpack -o:. -m:winforms -r:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/ libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib -r:KeePass.chm -r:KeePass.XmlSerializers.dll -r:KeePassLibC32.dll -r:KeePassLibC64.dll -r:License.txt -r:ShinstUtil.exe -r:./XSL -n:KeePass -a:KeePass.exe

and getting: -bash: /Applications/KeePass/KeePass-2.18: is a directory

What am I doing wrong?

By: Nir

Nir — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:26:12 +0000

I have followed all the instructions but failed to produce an App. DO I need to enter the commands into Terminal one by one, or submit them en batch?

By: suan

suan — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:25:08 +0000

Worked like a charm on Lion (except the Keypass icon isn’t shown correctly in the launcher, but thats a small annoyance), thanks!

By: Phil R

Phil R — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:36:47 +0000

I found a way that seems to work OK for me (running mac lion) using mono 2.10.5.0. Just left out many of those arguments

macpack -n:KeePass -a:KeePass.exe -o:. -m:winforms

By: Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:27:07 +0000

Sorry guys, I don't know where to get libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib anymore. It should be here: /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/ libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib but after installing & downloading Mono 2.6.7 I couldn't find it.

It seems there are similar types of files ending in .so but this is where my Mono experience falls way short.

By: Wolf

Wolf — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:59:14 +0000

Hi. I’ve installed MonoFramework-MDK-2.10.2_5.4.macos10.novell.x86.dmg (as well as the MRE version) but as Steve Davidson remarked, the file libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib is not installed. Could you help about where to get this? Is it maybe included in an earlier version of mono? Would be much appreciated. (fwiw: Keepass works nicely)

By: Jim Sweeney

Jim Sweeney — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:44:05 +0000

Awesome, I’m new to both MAC and KeePass and this tip saved the program from the recycle bin, excuse me I mean Trash. Took me a few minutes to figure out that I could just copy and past that whole command into Terminal. I was hitting enter after each line. oopps. Thanks

By: nine

nine — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:38:04 +0000

ace instructions dude

By: Steven Davidson

Steven Davidson — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:38:09 +0000

New to Macs but a long-time fan of KeePass I got it working on my new MBAir using Mono 2.6.7, but creating the app fails with the message that a Mono file is missing. I did type the path correctly and the file name: libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib as shown above.

My manual search of the directory and the search box in the Finder (is that Spotlight I’ve been hearing about?) didn’t turn up that library file.

Any advice . . . commiseration?

Thank you for your kind contribution to those of us moving to Mac.

Regards./Steve

By: Adil

Adil — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:04:16 +0000

Hi. Thank you very much for the command. I couldnt get the exe running using mono but your command really did the trick. Is it possible to also include plugins. I use KeePass Sync plugin which syncs my db on Amazon S3. For now, i am using Dropbox for now but including the plugin would be great if possible. Thank you. Adil.

By: Pavel

Pavel — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:06:30 +0000

Thanks for article!

This helps, and application appears, and it runs. But when i try to open database file, or click to "Create new" - program crashes. Actually the same happens when i'm running windows binary under mono.

Can you help?

By: NewMacBook

NewMacBook — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:55:49 +0000

Hi, I did exactly the same as per instructions but seems nothing is happening. Can someone help me out.. btw, I am a new to mac .. pls help

By: Paco

Paco — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:01:41 +0000

This is fantastic. I just bought a new MBP and am a long-time Windows user. I too found the command line route annoying and I had no idea how to create an app. THANK YOU!

By: Wiredfire

Wiredfire — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:04:07 +0000

Synchronization can be achieved with Keepass / KeepassX by storing the database file in Dropbox. Of course make sure you're password is strong and I'd recommend using keyfiles. Dropbox is pretty secure but it is a third party system do due precautions should be used.

By: Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:53:23 +0000

@jerome: I’ve been using KeePassX for a cross-platform solution. Although I’m tempted to look at 1Password now that they’re releasing a Windows version. It will make synchronization so much easier.

By: jerome

jerome — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:53:42 +0000

I’m switching from pc to mac. used Keepass for a long time. So I’m happy to find the above solution. unfortunately it’s not possible to copy paste the passwords.

Anyone an idea if this would work if your run Keepass in Parallels (http://www.parallels.com)

By: Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:40:16 +0000

@Sean: KeePass X does look like a real alternative for cross-platform password manager. Thanks for your comments!

By: Sean Carmody

Sean Carmody — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:45:12 +0000

Well, for now I am making do with using KeePassX on Mac and Linux (http://www.keepassx.org/) which is essentially KeePass 1.7. I will keep an eye on the Mono version though.

By: Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:43:21 +0000

@Sean: you’re right, Mono applications do not appear to natively support the system clipboard yet.

By: Sean Carmody

Sean Carmody — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:52:43 +0000

Maybe I spoke too soon: copying to clipboard doesn’t seem to make it to the Mac’s clipboard.

By: Sean Carmody

Sean Carmody — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:35:22 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I'd just decided to switch from Password Safe to KeePass (I was sick of using Password Gorilla on the Mac and wanted something that would work well on a Linux desktop too). I had already installed Mono and downloaded KeePass and your suggestion made running it a breeze. My only suggestion would be to pinch the padlock icon from the KeePass website (which is called plockb_64.png), copy it into the same directory and add -i:plockb_64.png to your macpack command. This will give you a slightly more attractive icon in the dock.

Love your work!