How To Install protoc-gen-go-grpc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install protoc-gen-go-grpc on Debian 12.
What is protoc-gen-go-grpc
protoc-gen-go-grpc is:
This protobuf compiler plugin generates gRPC service definitions for the protocol buffer defined by file.proto.
The new protoc-gen-go plugin (provided by google.golang.org/protobuf) no longer supports generating gRPC service.
There are three methods to install protoc-gen-go-grpc 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-grpc 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-grpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install protoc-gen-go-grpc
Install protoc-gen-go-grpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install protoc-gen-go-grpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install protoc-gen-go-grpc
Install protoc-gen-go-grpc 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-grpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install protoc-gen-go-grpc
How To Uninstall protoc-gen-go-grpc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the protoc-gen-go-grpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove protoc-gen-go-grpc
Uninstall protoc-gen-go-grpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall protoc-gen-go-grpc 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-grpc
Remove protoc-gen-go-grpc Configurations and Data
To remove protoc-gen-go-grpc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge protoc-gen-go-grpc
Remove protoc-gen-go-grpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove protoc-gen-go-grpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge protoc-gen-go-grpc
Dependencies
protoc-gen-go-grpc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install protoc-gen-go-grpc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
