How To Install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gogoprotobuf
gogoprotobuf is:
An alternative protocol buffer support for the Go programming language, forked from golang-goprotobuf. It is backwards compatible with goprotobuf, but provides faster marshalling and unmarshalling and can generate extra helper code, tests and benchmarks.
This package provides utilities.
There are three methods to install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gogoprotobuf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gogoprotobuf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gogoprotobuf
Install gogoprotobuf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gogoprotobuf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gogoprotobuf
Install gogoprotobuf 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 gogoprotobuf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gogoprotobuf
How To Uninstall gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gogoprotobuf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gogoprotobuf
Uninstall gogoprotobuf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gogoprotobuf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gogoprotobuf
Remove gogoprotobuf Configurations and Data
To remove gogoprotobuf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gogoprotobuf
Remove gogoprotobuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gogoprotobuf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gogoprotobuf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gogoprotobuf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.