How To Install libpff-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpff-dbg
libpff-dbg 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 debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install libpff-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpff-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpff-dbg
Install libpff-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpff-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpff-dbg
Install libpff-dbg 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 libpff-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpff-dbg
How To Uninstall libpff-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpff-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpff-dbg
Uninstall libpff-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpff-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpff-dbg
Remove libpff-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libpff-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpff-dbg
Remove libpff-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpff-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpff-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
