How To Install libprotobuf-java on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-java on Ubuntu.
What is libprotobuf-java
libprotobuf-java is:
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.
Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.
This package contains the Java bindings for the protocol buffers. You will need the protoc tool (in the protobuf-compiler package) to compile your definition to Java classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those classes in your programs.
There are three methods to install libprotobuf-java on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprotobuf-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-java
Install libprotobuf-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-java
Install libprotobuf-java Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-java
How To Uninstall libprotobuf-java on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libprotobuf-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-java
Uninstall libprotobuf-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotobuf-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-java
Remove libprotobuf-java Configurations and Data
To remove libprotobuf-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-java
Remove libprotobuf-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf-java
Dependencies
libprotobuf-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-java package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.