How To Install protobuf-codegen on Debian 12

Learn how to install protobuf-codegen on Debian 12 with this tutorial. protobuf-codegen is Code generator for rust-protobuf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-codegen on Debian 12.

What is `protobuf-codegen`

protobuf-codegen is:

Includes a library and protoc-gen-rust binary. See protoc-rust and protobuf-codegen-pure crates.

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “protobuf-codegen”:

protobuf-bin-gen-rust-do-not-use
protoc-gen-rust

There are three methods to install protobuf-codegen 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 protobuf-codegen Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install protobuf-codegen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install protobuf-codegen

Install protobuf-codegen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install protobuf-codegen

Install protobuf-codegen 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 protobuf-codegen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install protobuf-codegen

How To Uninstall protobuf-codegen on Debian 12

To uninstall only the protobuf-codegen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove protobuf-codegen

Uninstall protobuf-codegen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall protobuf-codegen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove protobuf-codegen

Remove protobuf-codegen Configurations and Data

To remove protobuf-codegen configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge protobuf-codegen

Remove protobuf-codegen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge protobuf-codegen

Dependencies

protobuf-codegen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-codegen package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.