macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libpstlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libpstMacPorts ports tree · devel/libpst/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install libpst with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Utilities for the PST file format. Version 0.6.76 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libpst-devDebian stable package indexes · libpst-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libpstFedora Rawhide package metadata · libpst · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libpstnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libpst/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libpstArch Linux sync databases · libpst · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libpstopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libpst · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Utilities for the PST file format
Project links
Commands and aliases
- lspst
- nick2ldif
- pst2ldif
- readpst
history
Project history and usage
libpst is a Unix-oriented toolkit and library for extracting Microsoft Outlook PST data into mail formats used by open mail clients and archival workflows.
Project history
The Five-Ten-SG libpst documentation presents readpst as the front-line utility for converting Outlook Personal Folders files to mbox, MH-style files, separate messages, contacts, LDAP LDIF, vCard, and DII load-file output. The project maintained a Mercurial repository and developer documentation for libpst.so.4, placing it in the older Unix tradition of small conversion tools with a reusable C library beneath them.
The package matters historically because PST files were proprietary Outlook containers while Unix mail tools generally expected mailbox-like formats. libpst became one of the standard escape hatches for migration, discovery, forensics, and long-lived personal mail archives.
Adoption history
The project spread through Unix package collections because its job is narrow, hard to replace by shell scripting, and repeatedly needed during Outlook migrations. The Homebrew formula, together with the input package-manager metadata for Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, shows broad packaging across desktop and server ecosystems.
How it is used
Package users most often encounter libpst through readpst, which turns PST folders into mbox-compatible output or separate message files. The sibling tools lspst, pst2ldif, and pst2dii cover inspection, contact export, and litigation-support workflows.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, libpst is a classic compatibility package: it bridges a proprietary desktop data format into plain Unix artifacts, exposes a shared library for downstream tools, and carries enough format edge cases that having one maintained implementation is better than every mail importer growing its own PST parser.
Timeline
- 2009: The rpm spec history around the Five-Ten-SG-maintained releases records rapid 0.6.x work on Python bindings, MIME handling, appointment decoding, and Outlook 2003 64-bit PST support.
- 2020: FreeBSD ports updated to libpst 0.6.74, showing continued downstream maintenance of the 0.6 series.
- 2021: Five-Ten-SG documentation identified libpst Utilities version 0.6.76 and pointed users to the Mercurial repository and generated shared-library documentation.
Related projects
- libpff is a related PST-format project referenced by the libpst documentation for PST format documentation. Mail clients and archival tools consume libpst output through mbox, MH, LDIF, vCard, and DII rather than through a libpst-specific data model.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
lspst | cli | global executable | |
nick2ldif | cli | global executable | |
pst2ldif | cli | global executable | |
readpst | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.6.76
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libpst |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.76 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libpst |
| Homepage | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/ |
| Repository | https://hg.five-ten-sg.com/libpst |
| Upstream docs | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/packages/libpst-0.6.76.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | gettext, glib, libgsf |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libpst |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
libpst-dev 0.6.76-1.2
library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files (development files)
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install libpst-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Debian apt95%
libpst4t64 0.6.76-1.2
library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install libpst4t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Debian apt95%
pst-utils 0.6.76-1.2
tools for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install pst-utils- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 7 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Nix95%
libpst
nix profile install nixpkgs#libpst- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Ubuntu apt95%
libpst-dev 0.6.76-1.1build1
library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files (development files)
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install libpst-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Ubuntu apt95%
libpst4t64 0.6.76-1.1build1
library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install libpst4t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
Ubuntu apt95%
pst-utils 0.6.76-1.1build1
tools for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo apt install pst-utils- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpst
- 7 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
libpst 0.6.76-29.fc45
Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install libpst- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
libpst-devel 0.6.76-29.fc45
Library links and header files for libpst application development
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install libpst-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libpst
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
libpst-devel-doc 0.6.76-29.fc45
Documentation for libpst.so for libpst application development
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install libpst-devel-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
libpst-doc 0.6.76-29.fc45
Documentation for the pst utilities in html format
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install libpst-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
libpst-libs 0.6.76-29.fc45
Shared library used by the pst utilities
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install libpst-libs- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libpst
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
dnf95%
python3-libpst 0.6.76-29.fc45
Python bindings for libpst
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo dnf install python3-libpst- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 11 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
pacman95%
libpst 0.6.76-10
Outlook .pst file converter
https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
sudo pacman -S libpst- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
zypper95%
libpst 0.6.76-3.3
Library and utilities for reading Personal Storage Table files
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
sudo zypper install libpst- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Email/Utilities
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 6 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
zypper95%
libpst-devel 0.6.76-3.3
Development files for libpst, a .pst file reader
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
sudo zypper install libpst-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpst
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpst
source trail
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- package-page enrichment