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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "libprotoc-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libprotoc-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libprotoc-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libprotoc-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libprotoc-dev
Source: protobuf
Version: 3.21.12-3
Installed-Size: 6931
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libprotobuf-dev (<< 2.1.0)
Depends: libprotoc32 (= 3.21.12-3), libprotobuf-dev (= 3.21.12-3)
Breaks: libprotobuf-dev (<< 2.1.0)
Description: protocol buffers compiler library (development files)
Description-md5: 441ff9619f6d64f58de3a01f647b0edb
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/google/protobuf/
Tag: devel::code-generator, devel::lang:c++, devel::library, devel::rpc,
implemented-in::c++, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotoc-dev_3.21.12-3_amd64.deb
Size: 949072
MD5sum: 1af7e653593c7d8b0c4a4821dba9141d
SHA256: 3bcf9ee5c115309e72bf8866b2e2607755b568a11a97b0f5d0b450b522e7496f