How to Install and Uninstall libprotobuf-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libprotobuf-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libprotobuf-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libprotobuf-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libprotobuf-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libprotobuf-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libprotobuf-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libprotobuf-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libprotobuf-dev
Source: protobuf
Version: 3.21.12-3
Installed-Size: 11770
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Provides: protobuf-api-32-0
Depends: zlib1g-dev, libprotobuf32 (= 3.21.12-3), libprotobuf-lite32 (= 3.21.12-3)
Breaks: protobuf-compiler (>> 3.21.12-3), protobuf-compiler (<< 3.21.12-3)
Description: protocol buffers C++ library (development files) and proto files
Description-md5: 549e168dd516caf2a98fd49561c8ca60
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/google/protobuf/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c++, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotobuf-dev_3.21.12-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1283076
MD5sum: dcfaca0134b7112fa43bb6cc137bbd64
SHA256: bf0781e953328be40e377cb4fca877e3cd54931629fba75e82fe602e742ee3b9