How To Install libprotobuf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprotobuf-dev
libprotobuf-dev 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 contains the development headers and static libraries needed for writing C++ applications.
There are three methods to install libprotobuf-dev 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 libprotobuf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-dev
Install libprotobuf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-dev
Install libprotobuf-dev 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 libprotobuf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-dev
How To Uninstall libprotobuf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprotobuf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-dev
Uninstall libprotobuf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotobuf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-dev
Remove libprotobuf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprotobuf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-dev
Remove libprotobuf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
