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libpst


Information about the package, libpst, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libpst package is designed for, Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats.


Package Name:

libpst

Summary:

Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats

Description:

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.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6.44

Release:

3.el6

Size:

64 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libpst


Control the libpst package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libpst

This command will install libpst on the server.

yum remove libpst

This command will un-install libpst on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpst, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libpst

This command will un-install libpst on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libpst when using the -y flag.

yum update libpst

This command will update libpst to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpst, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libpst

This command will update libpst to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libpst when using the -y flag.

yum info libpst

This command will show you core information about the libpst package.

yum deplist libpst

This command will show you the dependencies for libpst. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update libpst

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libpst. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.