How to Install and Uninstall protobuf-compiler Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "protobuf-compiler" package

This tutorial shows how to install protobuf-compiler on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                protobuf-compiler
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "protobuf-compiler" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall protobuf-compiler on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                protobuf-compiler
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the protobuf-compiler package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: protobuf-compiler
Source: protobuf
Version: 3.6.1.3-2
Installed-Size: 131
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libprotobuf17, libprotoc17 (= 3.6.1.3-2), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libprotobuf-dev
Description: compiler for protocol buffer definition files
Description-md5: 1054ab94728e41bc0d59a82d40d1611e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/google/protobuf/
Tag: devel::code-generator, implemented-in::c++, role::program
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/protobuf/protobuf-compiler_3.6.1.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 64892
MD5sum: f9447cf4ba91b6a1e3b54a627d62ae01
SHA256: 8989a9c44424462d110e6e5ed4687543ebad3bf61c96e54283f08a646928882e