PST Extension installation failed on Windows and Mac OS

[AbderrahimAl]

The extension was tested successfully both on Linux and Mac OS (intel processor). The issue is encountered when trying to install it in Windows and in Mac OS (M1).

× Building wheel for libpff-python (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [59 lines of output]
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_ext
      configure:
      Building:
         libcerror support:                        local
         libcthreads support:                      local
         libcdata support:                         local
         libclocale support:                       local
         libcnotify support:                       local
         libcsplit support:                        local
         libuna support:                           local
         libcfile support:                         local
         libcpath support:                         local
         libbfio support:                          local
         libfcache support:                        local
         libfdata support:                         local
         libfdatetime support:                     local
         libfguid support:                         local
         libfvalue support:                        local
         libfwnt support:                          local
         libfmapi support:                         local
         DEFLATE compression support:              local
      
      Features:
         Multi-threading support:                  pthread
         Wide character type support:              no
         pfftools are build as static executables: no
         Python (pypff) support:                   no
         Verbose output:                           no
         Debug output:                             no
      
      
      building 'pypff' extension
      creating build
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libbfio
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcdata
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcerror
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcfile
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libclocale
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcnotify
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcpath
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcsplit
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libcthreads
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfcache
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfdata
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfdatetime
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfguid
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfmapi
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfvalue
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libfwnt
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libpff
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libuna
      creating build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/pypff
      clang -DNDEBUG -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -isystem /Applications/KNIME 5.2.3.app/Contents/Eclipse/bundling/envs/ai_redfield_pst/include -arch arm64 -fPIC -O2 -isystem /Applications/KNIME 5.2.3.app/Contents/Eclipse/bundling/envs/ai_redfield_pst/include -arch arm64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H= -Iinclude -Icommon -Ilibcerror -Ilibcthreads -Ilibcdata -Ilibclocale -Ilibcnotify -Ilibcsplit -Ilibuna -Ilibcfile -Ilibcpath -Ilibbfio -Ilibfcache -Ilibfdata -Ilibfdatetime -Ilibfguid -Ilibfvalue -Ilibfwnt -Ilibfmapi -Ilibpff "-I/Applications/KNIME 5.2.3.app/Contents/Eclipse/bundling/envs/ai_redfield_pst/include/python3.11" -c libbfio/libbfio_error.c -o build/temp.macosx-11.0-arm64-cpython-311/libbfio/libbfio_error.o
      clang: error: no such file or directory: '5.2.3.app/Contents/Eclipse/bundling/envs/ai_redfield_pst/include'
      clang: error: no such file or directory: '5.2.3.app/Contents/Eclipse/bundling/envs/ai_redfield_pst/include'
      error: command '/usr/bin/clang' failed with exit code 1
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for libpff-python
ERROR: Could not build wheels for libpff-python, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

[AbderrahimAl]

Unfortunately, Building libpff-python library requires having C++ Built Tools installed.
This issue was solved for Windows.