How To Install pst-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pst-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pst-utils
pst-utils is:
This package contains tools based on libpst to read data from Microsoft Outlook PST files.
- readpst - export data from PST files to a variety of formats, including mbox, MH and KMail. Other packages like mb2md are available for subsequent conversions to Maildir and other formats.
- lspst - list data in PST files.
- pst2ldif - extract contacts from a PST file and prepare them for input in LDAP
- pst2dii - export data from PST files to Summation dii load file format
There are three methods to install pst-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pst-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pst-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pst-utils
Install pst-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pst-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pst-utils
Install pst-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pst-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pst-utils
How To Uninstall pst-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pst-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pst-utils
Uninstall pst-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pst-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pst-utils
Remove pst-utils Configurations and Data
To remove pst-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pst-utils
Remove pst-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pst-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pst-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pst-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.