How To Install node-mqtt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mqtt on Debian 11.
What is node-mqtt
node-mqtt is:
MQTT.js is a client library for the MQTT (http://mqtt.org/) protocol, written in JavaScript for node.js and the browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mqtt on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-mqtt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mqtt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mqtt
Install node-mqtt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mqtt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mqtt
Install node-mqtt 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 node-mqtt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mqtt
How To Uninstall node-mqtt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-mqtt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mqtt
Uninstall node-mqtt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mqtt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mqtt
Remove node-mqtt Configurations and Data
To remove node-mqtt configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mqtt
Remove node-mqtt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mqtt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mqtt
Dependencies
node-mqtt have the following dependencies:
- node-base64-js
- node-commist
- node-concat-stream
- node-end-of-stream
- node-es6-map
- node-extend
- node-help-me
- node-inherits
- node-minimist
- node-mqtt-packet
- node-pump
- node-readable-stream
- node-reinterval
- node-split2
- node-websocket-stream
- node-xtend
- nodejs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mqtt package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
