How To Install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8.
What is protobuf-c
Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. This package provides a code generator and run-time libraries to use Protocol Buffers from pure C (not C++). It uses a modified version of protoc called protoc-c.
We can use yum or dnf to install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install protobuf-c.
Install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install protobuf-c using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install protobuf-c
Install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install protobuf-c using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install protobuf-c
How To Uninstall protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the protobuf-c package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove protobuf-c
protobuf-c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/31dd534ab7cfe42ba83f440266239899f96870
/usr/lib64/libprotobuf-c.so.1
/usr/lib64/libprotobuf-c.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/TODO
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/143f6597b3b5486819f7a9e1f3ff2ac96765b6
/usr/lib/libprotobuf-c.so.1
/usr/lib/libprotobuf-c.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-c/TODO
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-c on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.