How To Install pff-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. pff-tools is utilities for MS Outlook PAB, PST and OST files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pff-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.