How To Install libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libpst.x86_64 is Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libpst.x86_64`

The Libpst utilities include readpst which can convert email messages to both mbox and MH mailbox formats, pst2ldif which can convert the contacts to .ldif format for import into ldap databases, and pst2dii which can convert email messages to the DII load file format used by Summation.

We can use yum to install libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpst.x86_64.

Install libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpst.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpst.x86_64

How To Uninstall libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libpst.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libpst.x86_64

libpst.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/lspst
/usr/bin/nick2ldif
/usr/bin/pst2dii
/usr/bin/pst2ldif
/usr/bin/readpst
/usr/share/man/man1/lspst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pst2dii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pst2ldif.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readpst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/outlook.pst.5.gz

References

libpst.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpst.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.