How To Install libpff1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff1 on Kali Linux. libpff1 is library to access various ms outlook files formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff1 on Kali Linux.

What is libpff1

libpff1 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.

There are three methods to install libpff1 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 libpff1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpff1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpff1

Install libpff1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpff1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpff1

Install libpff1 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libpff1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpff1

How To Uninstall libpff1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpff1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpff1

Uninstall libpff1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpff1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpff1

Remove libpff1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpff1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpff1

Remove libpff1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpff1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpff1

Dependencies

libpff1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpff1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.