How To Install libprotobuf-lite17 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-lite17 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libprotobuf-lite17
libprotobuf-lite17 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.
Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.
This package contains the runtime library needed for C++ applications whose message definitions have the “lite runtime” optimization setting. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install libprotobuf-lite17 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-lite17 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-lite17 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-lite17
Install libprotobuf-lite17 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-lite17 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-lite17
Install libprotobuf-lite17 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-lite17 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-lite17
How To Uninstall libprotobuf-lite17 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libprotobuf-lite17 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-lite17
Uninstall libprotobuf-lite17 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotobuf-lite17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-lite17
Remove libprotobuf-lite17 Configurations and Data
To remove libprotobuf-lite17 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-lite17
Remove libprotobuf-lite17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf-lite17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf-lite17
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-lite17 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
