How To Install protoc-gen-go-1-5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install protoc-gen-go-1-5 on Debian 12.
What is protoc-gen-go-1-5
protoc-gen-go-1-5 is:
This protobuf compiler plugin is from github.com/golang/protobuf module, which is deprecated.
v1.5.x implements Go APIv2 for protocol buffers.
For APIv2, see https://go.dev/blog/protobuf-apiv2.
People should migrate to protoc-gen-go package which is provided by google.golang.org/protobuf module.
Go files generated by this version will cause runtime panic with golang-github-gogo-protobuf-dev.
There are three methods to install protoc-gen-go-1-5 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 protoc-gen-go-1-5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install protoc-gen-go-1-5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install protoc-gen-go-1-5
Install protoc-gen-go-1-5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install protoc-gen-go-1-5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install protoc-gen-go-1-5
Install protoc-gen-go-1-5 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 protoc-gen-go-1-5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install protoc-gen-go-1-5
How To Uninstall protoc-gen-go-1-5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the protoc-gen-go-1-5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove protoc-gen-go-1-5
Uninstall protoc-gen-go-1-5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall protoc-gen-go-1-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove protoc-gen-go-1-5
Remove protoc-gen-go-1-5 Configurations and Data
To remove protoc-gen-go-1-5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge protoc-gen-go-1-5
Remove protoc-gen-go-1-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove protoc-gen-go-1-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge protoc-gen-go-1-5
Dependencies
protoc-gen-go-1-5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install protoc-gen-go-1-5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
