How to Install and Uninstall protoc-gen-go Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "protoc-gen-go" package

Please follow the instructions below to install protoc-gen-go on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall protoc-gen-go on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                protoc-gen-go
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the protoc-gen-go package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: protoc-gen-go
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.27.1-1
Built-Using: golang-1.17 (= 1.17-1ubuntu2), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.5.6-1)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: golang-google-protobuf
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5702
Depends: libprotobuf-dev, protobuf-compiler
Conflicts: golang-goprotobuf-dev
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-google-protobuf/protoc-gen-go_1.27.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1876972
MD5sum: 0a5a1ad92a10b101d42b39a682149707
SHA1: b6ea9308dd5e4e5d4dcab56dd3fa8a8dfdfe6014
SHA256: dbab226e5e89ce9164d52902fa8b6e4e96ed54d07d0831198c2b378cc59f82c2
SHA512: 1069f05673266bd9909dc49e418f638a60a8e3e1c310f2376e2441e2103597fbe56bed5c5f8ef135ed9f0c3ab8fd906045fa4b9bb4c794808b88b120635141c9
Homepage: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
Description: Go support for Protocol Buffers (protoc compiler plugin)
Description-md5: 35ae435f533eaf1407075f2b1a2992c9