How To Install libprotobuf23 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf23 on Debian 11.
What is libprotobuf23
libprotobuf23 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 libprotobuf23 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 libprotobuf23 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf23 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf23
Install libprotobuf23 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf23 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotobuf23
Install libprotobuf23 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 libprotobuf23 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf23
How To Uninstall libprotobuf23 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libprotobuf23 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf23
Uninstall libprotobuf23 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotobuf23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf23
Remove libprotobuf23 Configurations and Data
To remove libprotobuf23 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf23
Remove libprotobuf23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf23
Dependencies
libprotobuf23 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf23 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
