How to Install and Uninstall libprotobuf-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libprotobuf-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libprotobuf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall libprotobuf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libprotobuf-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libprotobuf-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libprotobuf-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 3722
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Edmonds
Architecture: amd64
Source: protobuf
Version: 2.6.1-1.3
Depends: zlib1g-dev, libprotobuf9v5 (= 2.6.1-1.3), libprotobuf-lite9v5 (= 2.6.1-1.3)
Filename: pool/main/p/protobuf/libprotobuf-dev_2.6.1-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 473154
MD5sum: 5db12c686f45e72c20c5470f78fffb5f
SHA1: 56607ffa06c8d3b145705fa49004d0f8b9377c78
SHA256: 1b662f989ec61069ccfca7e5df5dc097d2c1c92ea51393a24609447fb7e45c96
Description-en: protocol buffers C++ library (development files)
Protocol buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for
serializing structured data - similar to XML, but smaller, faster, and
simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can
use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured
data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages.
You can even update your data structure without breaking deployed programs
that are compiled against the "old" format.
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Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and
file formats.
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This package contains the development headers and static libraries needed for
writing C++ applications.
Description-md5: 46508a20bc181591502383b4f00be1a6
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev