How To Install php-google-protobuf on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-google-protobuf on Debian 12.
What is php-google-protobuf
php-google-protobuf 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 PHP bindings for the protocol buffers. You will need the protoc tool (in the protobuf-compiler package) to compile your definition to PHP code, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those classes in your programs.
There are three methods to install php-google-protobuf 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 php-google-protobuf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-google-protobuf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-google-protobuf
Install php-google-protobuf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-google-protobuf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-google-protobuf
Install php-google-protobuf 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 php-google-protobuf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-google-protobuf
How To Uninstall php-google-protobuf on Debian 12
To uninstall only the php-google-protobuf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-google-protobuf
Uninstall php-google-protobuf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-google-protobuf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-google-protobuf
Remove php-google-protobuf Configurations and Data
To remove php-google-protobuf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-google-protobuf
Remove php-google-protobuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-google-protobuf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-google-protobuf
Dependencies
php-google-protobuf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-google-protobuf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
