# 使用 Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt 安装 libpst

查看 libpst 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:libpst
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libpst
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install libpst
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: devel/libpst/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install libpst
```

  证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#libpst
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libpst/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S libpst
```

  证据: Arch Linux sync databases: libpst from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libpst
```

  证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libpst from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libpst-dev
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: libpst-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:libpst
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.6.76
- **来源摘要:** Utilities for the PST file format
- **主页:** <https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- lspst (别名)
- nick2ldif (别名)
- pst2ldif (别名)
- readpst (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.6.76
## 项目历史与用法

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.

### 项目历史

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.

### 采用历史

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.

### 使用方式

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.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

### 时间线

- 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.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libpst>
- <https://hg.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/>
- <https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/>
- <https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/devel/>
- <https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/rn01re01.html>
- <https://www.freshports.org/mail/libpst>


## 安全说明

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - libpst-dev - 0.6.76-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpst-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files (development files) | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- Debian apt - libpst4t64 - 0.6.76-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpst4t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- Debian apt - pst-utils - 0.6.76-1.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pst-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- Nix - libpst: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libpst/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libpst-dev - 0.6.76-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libpst-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files (development files) | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- Ubuntu apt - libpst4t64 - 0.6.76-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libpst4t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- Ubuntu apt - pst-utils - 0.6.76-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pst-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - libpst - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - libpst-devel - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library links and header files for libpst application development | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - libpst-devel-doc - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst-devel-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for libpst.so for libpst application development | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - libpst-doc - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for the pst utilities in html format | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - libpst-libs - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libpst-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Shared library used by the pst utilities | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- dnf - python3-libpst - 0.6.76-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-libpst from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Python bindings for libpst | http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- pacman - libpst - 0.6.76-10: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libpst from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Outlook .pst file converter | https://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
- zypper - libpst - 0.6.76-3.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libpst from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library and utilities for reading Personal Storage Table files | http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
- zypper - libpst-devel - 0.6.76-3.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libpst-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libpst, a .pst file reader | http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libpst.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libpst.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph