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pst-format / libpst

library for reading Microsoft Outlook PST files
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Can't compile from git #12

Closed McFlip closed 6 months ago

McFlip commented 7 months ago

I'm building with Fedora after cloning this git repo. I get the following error when running make -f *cvs

checking whether to build the libpst python interface... yes
./configure: line 26386: syntax error near unexpected token `>'
./configure: line 26386: `    AX_PYTHON_DEVEL(>= '$PYTHON_VERSION')'
make: *** [Makefile.cvs:12: all] Error 2

I actually don't care about the Python interface so I changed the Makefile.cvs file to add the flag --enable-python=no to the ./configure command and I still get the same problem.

checking whether to build the libpst python interface... no
./configure: line 26386: syntax error near unexpected token `>'
./configure: line 26386: `    AX_PYTHON_DEVEL(>= '$PYTHON_VERSION')'
make: *** [Makefile.cvs:12: all] Error 2
pabs3 commented 7 months ago

Do you have autoconf-archive installed?

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McFlip commented 6 months ago

That fixed it along with installing the boost python devel package. Next I had to install xmlto. Maybe I'm a noob but I had a hard time figuring out all the dependencies. I think I'll create a DOCKER file for compiling. I only found 1 image on Docker Hub for libpst from 6 years ago and it had a package installed, not a container for building. I will send you the DOCKER file if I get it working.

pabs3 commented 6 months ago

Sorry, the project does need better documentation, probably something more like the one I did for mpv-mpris. Made a note in my TODO.

https://github.com/hoyon/mpv-mpris

I'd prefer not to include downstream packaging like Dockerfiles or debian/ directories or RPM .spec files within the upstream projects, those should be added to the package repositories they are for, like Docker Hub or Debian or Fedora.

PS: I'm interested to hear about the situation you are using libpst in.

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McFlip commented 1 week ago

Understood. I finally got around to creating a Dockerfile.

I am specifically using readpst in my forensic tool for batch deciphering encrypted emails. I extract the PSTs to a temp filesystem then iterate through them using Go's "mime", "mime/multipart", & "net/mail" libraries.