How To Install libprotobuf10 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf10 on Debian 9. libprotobuf10 is protocol buffers C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf10 on Debian 9.

What is libprotobuf10

libprotobuf10 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 runtime library needed for C++ applications.

There are three methods to install libprotobuf10 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libprotobuf10 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf10

Install libprotobuf10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprotobuf10

Install libprotobuf10 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 libprotobuf10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf10

How To Uninstall libprotobuf10 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libprotobuf10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf10

Uninstall libprotobuf10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprotobuf10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf10

Remove libprotobuf10 Configurations and Data

To remove libprotobuf10 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf10

Remove libprotobuf10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf10

Dependencies

libprotobuf10 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf10 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.