How To Install pst-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pst-utils on Kali Linux.
What is pst-utils
pst-utils is:
This package contains tools based on libpst to read data from Microsoft Outlook PST files.
- readpst - export data from PST files to a variety of formats, including mbox, MH and KMail. Other packages like mb2md are available for subsequent conversions to Maildir and other formats.
- lspst - list data in PST files.
- pst2ldif - extract contacts from a PST file and prepare them for input in LDAP
- pst2dii - export data from PST files to Summation dii load file format
There are three methods to install pst-utils 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 pst-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pst-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pst-utilsInstall pst-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pst-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pst-utilsInstall pst-utils 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 pst-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pst-utilsHow To Uninstall pst-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pst-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pst-utilsUninstall pst-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pst-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pst-utilsRemove pst-utils Configurations and Data
To remove pst-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pst-utilsRemove pst-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pst-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pst-utilsDependencies
pst-utils have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pst-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
