How To Install libpst-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpst-dev
libpst-dev is:
Library for accessing data from Microsoft Outlook PST files.
This package include the files needed for developing with libpst.
There are three methods to install libpst-dev
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 libpst-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 libpst-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpst-dev
Install libpst-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpst-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpst-dev
Install libpst-dev 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 libpst-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpst-dev
How To Uninstall libpst-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpst-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpst-dev
Uninstall libpst-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpst-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpst-dev
Remove libpst-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpst-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpst-dev
Remove libpst-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpst-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpst-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.