How To Install libpst on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst in Fedora 36. libpst is Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst on Fedora 36.

What is libpst

The Libpst utilities include readpst which can convert email messages to both mbox and MH mailbox formats, pst2ldif which can convert the contacts to .ldif format for import into ldap databases, and pst2dii which can convert email messages to the DII load file format used by Summation.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpst on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpst.

Install libpst on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpst using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpst

Install libpst on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpst using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpst

How To Uninstall libpst on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libpst package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpst

libpst Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/lspst
/usr/bin/nick2ldif
/usr/bin/pst2dii
/usr/bin/pst2ldif
/usr/bin/readpst
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/3d67280ed267569150ebf785b2625afce48459
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/97ac3b6baefe957b0630bf46c2e5d0a31ee8a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/5b66bf90e5eec0b79378af31e75bf5cb8aa6e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/c3f717860b1ca1060dcf779fa90b9664631402
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/3f8fdcbe0bbe95549b1d28bf4d5b6ae40c9a33
/usr/share/man/man1/lspst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pst2dii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pst2ldif.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readpst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/outlook.pst.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).