How to Install and Uninstall protoc-gen-go Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "protoc-gen-go" package

This is a short guide on how to install protoc-gen-go on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                protoc-gen-go
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "protoc-gen-go" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall protoc-gen-go on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 protoc-gen-go package on Kali Linux

Package: protoc-gen-go
Source: golang-google-protobuf
Version: 1.32.0-1
Installed-Size: 6142
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libprotobuf-dev, protobuf-compiler
Conflicts: golang-goprotobuf-dev, protoc-gen-go-1-3, protoc-gen-go-1-5
Size: 1928996
SHA256: 3e3338eb0cc03aa60d0cd0400e9ebb17190b415802310ea9661ff04a49e6fe65
SHA1: d2121afbba43891ad1f815ea4f1adc5239082396
MD5sum: 382a3f735310017462ae80bc3da81a06
Description: Go plugin for protobuf compiler (APIv2)
This protobuf compiler plugin is from google.golang.org/protobuf module,
which is recommended by upstream.
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Compared to the old plugin provided by github.com/golang/protobuf module, in
protoc-gen-go-1-3 or protoc-gen-go-1-5 package, it doesn't support generating
gRPC service definitions.
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For APIv2, see https://go.dev/blog/protobuf-apiv2.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
Static-Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.5-1), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.6.0-1)
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/golang-google-protobuf/protoc-gen-go_1.32.0-1_amd64.deb