How To Install libprotobuf-c1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-c1 on Kali Linux. libprotobuf-c1 is Protocol Buffers C shared library (protobuf-c)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-c1 on Kali Linux.

What is libprotobuf-c1

libprotobuf-c1 is:

Protocol Buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data - similar to XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages. You can even update your data structure without breaking deployed programs that are compiled against the “old” format.

This is the “protobuf-c” implementation of Protocol Buffers in C.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libprotobuf-c1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libprotobuf-c1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-c1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-c1

Install libprotobuf-c1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-c1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-c1

Install libprotobuf-c1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-c1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-c1

How To Uninstall libprotobuf-c1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libprotobuf-c1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-c1

Uninstall libprotobuf-c1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprotobuf-c1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-c1

Remove libprotobuf-c1 Configurations and Data

To remove libprotobuf-c1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-c1

Remove libprotobuf-c1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf-c1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf-c1

Dependencies

libprotobuf-c1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-c1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.