How to Install and Uninstall protobuf-compiler Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 09,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "protobuf-compiler" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install protobuf-compiler on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall protobuf-compiler 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 protobuf-compiler package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: protobuf-compiler
Source: protobuf
Version: 3.21.12-3
Installed-Size: 168
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libprotoc32 (= 3.21.12-3), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: libprotobuf-dev
Suggests: protobuf-mode-el
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_3.21.12-3_amd64.deb
Size: 83900
MD5sum: bf3c0d53ca073f0906c835ae7eb5ec6c
SHA256: 2c850c8464d1f032a4722b21f9102a4bc11aa2f03c9f67ecd3e42b9e3f1294a0