How To Install libprotobuf23 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf23 on Kali Linux. libprotobuf23 is protocol buffers C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf23 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf23

Remove libprotobuf23 Configurations and Data

To remove libprotobuf23 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.