How To Install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 22.04. gogoprotobuf is alternative protocol buffer support for Golang - utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is gogoprotobuf

gogoprotobuf is:

An alternative protocol buffer support for the Go programming language, forked from golang-goprotobuf. It is backwards compatible with goprotobuf, but provides faster marshalling and unmarshalling and can generate extra helper code, tests and benchmarks.

This package provides utilities.

There are three methods to install gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gogoprotobuf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gogoprotobuf

Install gogoprotobuf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gogoprotobuf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gogoprotobuf

Install gogoprotobuf 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gogoprotobuf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gogoprotobuf

How To Uninstall gogoprotobuf on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the gogoprotobuf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gogoprotobuf

Uninstall gogoprotobuf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gogoprotobuf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gogoprotobuf

Remove gogoprotobuf Configurations and Data

To remove gogoprotobuf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gogoprotobuf

Remove gogoprotobuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gogoprotobuf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gogoprotobuf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.