How To Install libprotozero-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotozero-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libprotozero-doc is Minimalistic protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++ - docs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotozero-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libprotozero-doc

libprotozero-doc 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 documentation.

There are three methods to install libprotozero-doc 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 libprotozero-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprotozero-doc

Install libprotozero-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprotozero-doc

Install libprotozero-doc 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 libprotozero-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprotozero-doc

How To Uninstall libprotozero-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libprotozero-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprotozero-doc

Uninstall libprotozero-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprotozero-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotozero-doc

Remove libprotozero-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libprotozero-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprotozero-doc

Remove libprotozero-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotozero-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotozero-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.