How To Install protobuf-c on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c in Fedora 36. protobuf-c is C bindings for Google’s Protocol Buffers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c on Fedora 36.

What is `protobuf-c`

Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. This package provides a code generator and run-time libraries to use Protocol Buffers from pure C (not C++). It uses a modified version of protoc called protoc-c.

We can use yum or dnf to install protobuf-c on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install protobuf-c.

Install protobuf-c on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install protobuf-c

Install protobuf-c on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install protobuf-c

How To Uninstall protobuf-c on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove protobuf-c

protobuf-c Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/d8bf897e87abba86329363a353a0ab7fadf33c
/usr/lib64/libprotobuf-c.so.1
/usr/lib64/libprotobuf-c.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/TODO

References

protobuf-c website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).