How To Install protobuf-codegen on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-codegen in Fedora 36. protobuf-codegen is Code generator for rust-protobuf

Introduction

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

What is protobuf-codegen

Code generator for rust-protobuf. Includes a library and protoc-gen-rust binary. See protoc-rust and protobuf-codegen-pure crates.

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

Install protobuf-codegen 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-codegen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install protobuf-codegen

Install protobuf-codegen 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-codegen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install protobuf-codegen

How To Uninstall protobuf-codegen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove protobuf-codegen

protobuf-codegen Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/protobuf-bin-gen-rust-do-not-use
/usr/bin/protoc-gen-rust
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/340ca652a82179549103c1529f0c46ac85dde8
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/eaafc5f4df3eef7972902e07fcc62b99457a8e
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-codegen
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-codegen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-codegen
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-codegen/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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