How To Install libpff-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libpff-dev
libpff-dev is:
Libpff is a library to access Personal Folder File (PFF) and Offline Folder File (OFF) formats. Those files formats are used by MS Outlook in PAB (Personal Address Book), PST (Personal Storage Table) and OST (Offline Storage Table) files.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libpff-dev
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpff-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpff-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpff-dev
Install libpff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpff-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpff-dev
Install libpff-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpff-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpff-dev
How To Uninstall libpff-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpff-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpff-dev
Uninstall libpff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpff-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpff-dev
Remove libpff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpff-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpff-dev
Remove libpff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpff-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpff-dev
Dependencies
libpff-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.