How To Install pff-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 pff-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pff-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pff-tools
Install pff-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pff-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pff-tools
Install pff-tools 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 pff-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pff-tools
How To Uninstall pff-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pff-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pff-tools
Uninstall pff-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pff-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pff-tools
Remove pff-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pff-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pff-tools
Remove 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-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.