How To Install pff-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools on Kali Linux.
What is pff-tools
pff-tools 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 tools to exports PAB, PST and OST files.
There are three methods to install pff-tools 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 pff-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pff-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pff-toolsInstall pff-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pff-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pff-toolsInstall pff-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pff-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pff-toolsHow To Uninstall pff-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pff-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pff-toolsUninstall pff-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pff-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pff-toolsRemove pff-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pff-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pff-toolsRemove pff-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pff-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pff-toolsDependencies
pff-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.