How To Install capnproto on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install capnproto on Ubuntu 22.04. capnproto is tool for working with the Capn Proto data interchange format

Introduction

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

What is capnproto

capnproto is:

Similar to Protocol Buffers, Cap’n Proto is an efficient means of serializing structured data to be transferred across a network or written to disk. Users write a Cap’n Proto definition file that drives a code generator, which in turn emits C++ code for encoding & decoding messages in the Cap’n Proto format.

In addition to being extremely fast, Cap’n Proto also smooths over some of the rougher aspects of Protocol Buffers & introduces a number of new features to boot.

This package contains a small suite of tools for developing & maintaining your Cap’n Proto schema files, including a code generator for compiling your schema files to supported languages.

There are three methods to install capnproto 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 capnproto Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install capnproto

Install capnproto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install capnproto

Install capnproto 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 capnproto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install capnproto

How To Uninstall capnproto on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove capnproto

Uninstall capnproto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove capnproto

Remove capnproto Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge capnproto

Remove capnproto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge capnproto

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Summary

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