How To Install elpa-protobuf-mode on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-protobuf-mode
on Debian 11.
What is elpa-protobuf-mode
elpa-protobuf-mode 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 provides an emacs major mode for editing files in protocol buffers format. It features syntax highlighting and auto-indentation.
There are three methods to install elpa-protobuf-mode
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-protobuf-mode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-protobuf-mode
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-protobuf-mode
Install elpa-protobuf-mode Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-protobuf-mode
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-protobuf-mode
Install elpa-protobuf-mode 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-protobuf-mode
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-protobuf-mode
How To Uninstall elpa-protobuf-mode on Debian 11
To uninstall only the elpa-protobuf-mode
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-protobuf-mode
Uninstall elpa-protobuf-mode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-protobuf-mode
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-protobuf-mode
Remove elpa-protobuf-mode Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-protobuf-mode
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-protobuf-mode
Remove elpa-protobuf-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-protobuf-mode
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-protobuf-mode
Dependencies
elpa-protobuf-mode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-protobuf-mode
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.