How To Install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8. protobuf-c-devel is Protocol Buffers C headers and libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is protobuf-c-devel

This package contains protobuf-c headers and libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install protobuf-c-devel.

Install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install protobuf-c-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install protobuf-c-devel

Install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install protobuf-c-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install protobuf-c-devel

How To Uninstall protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the protobuf-c-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove protobuf-c-devel

protobuf-c-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/google
/usr/include/google/protobuf-c
/usr/include/google/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
/usr/include/protobuf-c
/usr/include/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
/usr/lib/libprotobuf-c.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libprotobuf-c.pc
/usr/include/google
/usr/include/google/protobuf-c
/usr/include/google/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
/usr/include/protobuf-c
/usr/include/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
/usr/lib64/libprotobuf-c.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libprotobuf-c.pc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.