How To Install protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8. protobuf-compiler is Protocol Buffers compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `protobuf-compiler`

This package contains Protocol Buffers compiler for all programming languages

We can use yum or dnf to install protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install protobuf-compiler.

Install protobuf-compiler 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-compiler using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install protobuf-compiler

Install protobuf-compiler 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-compiler using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install protobuf-compiler

How To Uninstall protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove protobuf-compiler

protobuf-compiler Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/protoc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/bc9cdf98fb0f6c5f5cda345532aae5e7fba756
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/47201e997516e17c08ccc1091ac74a4341ebb4
/usr/lib64/libprotoc.so.15
/usr/lib64/libprotoc.so.15.0.0
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-compiler
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-compiler/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-compiler
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-compiler/LICENSE
/usr/bin/protoc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/579d449ebfbb58597a931c05d680ed9fe8e704
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/30b04aa069cc46acd372e2787689f80dd8b6a1
/usr/lib/libprotoc.so.15
/usr/lib/libprotoc.so.15.0.0
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-compiler
/usr/share/doc/protobuf-compiler/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-compiler
/usr/share/licenses/protobuf-compiler/LICENSE

References

protobuf-compiler website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-compiler on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.