How To Install libprotozero-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotozero-dev on Debian 12.
What is libprotozero-dev
libprotozero-dev is:
protozero is a minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++.
Designed for high performance. Suitable for writing zero copy parsers and encoders with minimal need for run-time allocation of memory.
Low-level: this is designed to be a building block for writing a very customized decoder for a stable protobuf schema. If your protobuf schema is changing frequently or lazy decoding is not critical for your application then this approach offers no value: just use the decoding API available via the C++ API that can be generated via the Google Protobufs protoc program.
This package contains the protozero headers.
There are three methods to install libprotozero-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprotozero-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 libprotozero-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotozero-dev
Install libprotozero-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotozero-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotozero-dev
Install libprotozero-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotozero-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotozero-dev
How To Uninstall libprotozero-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libprotozero-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotozero-dev
Uninstall libprotozero-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotozero-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotozero-dev
Remove libprotozero-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprotozero-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotozero-dev
Remove libprotozero-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotozero-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotozero-dev
Dependencies
libprotozero-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotozero-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
