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Port details on branch 2023Q4
protobuf-c Code generator and libraries to use Protocol Buffers from pure C
1.5.2 devel Σ=12 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.5.2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: truckman@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2011-05-31 02:01:43
Last Update: 2026-09-28 17:07:17
Commit Hash: b69422e
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
Description: #
This package provides a code generator and runtime libraries to use Protocol Buffers from pure C (not C++). It uses a modified version of protoc called protoc-c.
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Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/protobuf-c-1.5.2/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/protobuf-c-1.5.2/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/protobuf-c-1.5.2/BSD2CLAUSE
  5. bin/protoc-c
  6. bin/protoc-gen-c
  7. include/google/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
  8. include/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h
  9. include/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.proto
  10. lib/libprotobuf-c.so
  11. lib/libprotobuf-c.so.1
  12. lib/libprotobuf-c.so.1.0.0
  13. libdata/pkgconfig/libprotobuf-c.pc
  14. @owner
  15. @group
  16. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • protobuf-c>0:devel/protobuf-c
  • For LIB depends:
    • libprotobuf-c.so:devel/protobuf-c
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/devel/protobuf-c/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/protobuf-c
  • pkg install protobuf-c
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: protobuf-c
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1790539830 SHA256 (protobuf-c-1.5.2.tar.gz) = e2c86271873a79c92b58fef7ebf8de1aa0df4738347a8bd5d4e65a80a16d0d24 SIZE (protobuf-c-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 532447
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
protobuf-c
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest1.5.21.5.2-1.5.1_31.5.2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.5.21.5.2-1.5.1_31.5.2
FreeBSD:15:latest1.5.21.5.2n/a1.5.1_3n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.5.21.5.2n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest1.5.21.5.2n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
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Build dependencies: #
  1. doxygen : devel/doxygen
  2. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  3. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  4. autoconf>=2.73 : devel/autoconf
  5. automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
  6. libtoolize : devel/libtool
Library dependencies: #
  1. libabsl_log_internal_check_op.so : devel/abseil
  2. libprotobuf.so : devel/protobuf
This port is required by: #
for Build #
  1. net/teddycloud
for Libraries #
  1. audio/owntone
  2. audio/umurmur
  3. databases/postgis33
  4. databases/postgis34
  5. databases/postgis35
  6. databases/postgis36
  7. databases/postgis37
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  2. dns/bind-tools
  3. dns/bind9-devel
  4. dns/bind920
  5. dns/nsd
  6. graphics/mapserver
  7. multimedia/ccextractor
  8. net/frr10
  9. net/frr9
  10. net/nmsg
  11. net/ocserv
  12. net/sie-nmsg
  13. net-im/purple-googlechat
  14. net-mgmt/riemann-c-client
  15. polish/libgadu
  16. security/libomemo-c
  17. sysutils/fwupd
  18. sysutils/rsyslog8
  19. x11-toolkits/libshumate
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. databases/postgis30*
  2. databases/postgis31*
  3. databases/postgis32*
  4. databases/postgresql-cstore_fdw*
  5. dns/bind911*
  6. dns/bind916*
  7. dns/bind918*
  8. net-im/purple-hangouts*
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Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for protobuf-c-1.5.2: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation DOXYGEN=on: Build documentation with Doxygen ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
devel_protobuf-c
USES: #
autoreconf compiler:c++17-lang cpe gmake libtool pkgconfig
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/releases/download/v1.5.2/
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