How To Install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Debian 9. mosquitto-auth-plugin is Authentication plugin for Mosquitto with multiple back-ends

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Debian 9.

What is mosquitto-auth-plugin

mosquitto-auth-plugin is:

Authentication plugin for Mosquitto with multiple backends for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, CDB, SQLite3 and LDAP

There are three methods to install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mosquitto-auth-plugin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-auth-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin

Install mosquitto-auth-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-auth-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin

Install mosquitto-auth-plugin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-auth-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin

How To Uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mosquitto-auth-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mosquitto-auth-plugin

Uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mosquitto-auth-plugin

Remove mosquitto-auth-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mosquitto-auth-plugin

Remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mosquitto-auth-plugin

Dependencies

mosquitto-auth-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-auth-plugin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.