How To Install mosquitto on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto on Fedora 34.

What is mosquitto

Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.1 and 3.1.1 MQTT provides a lightweight method of carrying out messaging using a publish/subscribe model. This makes it suitable for “machine to machine” messaging such as with low power sensors or mobile devices such as phones, embedded computers or micro-controllers like the Arduino. mosquitto 2.0.11 1.fc34 x86_64 375 k mosquitto-2.0.11-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Open Source MQTT v5/v3.1.x Broker http EPL-2.0 Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.1 and 3.1.1 MQTT provides a lightweight method of carrying out messaging using a publish/subscribe model. This makes it suitable for “machine to machine” messaging such as with low power sensors or mobile devices such as phones, embedded computers or micro-controllers like the Arduino.

We can use yum or dnf to install mosquitto on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mosquitto.

Install mosquitto on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mosquitto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mosquitto

Install mosquitto on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mosquitto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mosquitto

How To Uninstall mosquitto on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mosquitto

mosquitto Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/mosquitto
/etc/mosquitto/aclfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
/etc/mosquitto/pskfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/pwfile.example
/usr/bin/mosquitto_ctrl
/usr/bin/mosquitto_passwd
/usr/bin/mosquitto_pub
/usr/bin/mosquitto_rr
/usr/bin/mosquitto_sub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/0f69e6e5e40c86a2ccc39d398973cb6519e9c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/b691320884aeba8e5e46cc42d1ddff83359103
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/ca4fa3877da2e3bb8d838d5d2aa2a951867eb6
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/057d15be9a6505410be523d0a956e37d823499
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/a291f979b18c1a9bdaa934e69106da66f7966f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/11ad855f12a4d2e55f71c6761f5862c6abeabe
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/3d98823d383c800a5b2a4adcba66bee66ffc0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/d9028613d5a1dedce84341e52da7cb4d852329
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/6de1a8dede3dc6cbe36d695f0a2fde60fe6aba
/usr/lib/libmosquitto.so.1
/usr/lib/libmosquittopp.so.1
/usr/lib/mosquitto_dynamic_security.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mosquitto.service
/usr/sbin/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_pub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_rr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_sub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mosquitto.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mosquitto-tls.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mqtt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mosquitto.8.gz
/etc/mosquitto
/etc/mosquitto/aclfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
/etc/mosquitto/pskfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/pwfile.example
/usr/bin/mosquitto_ctrl
/usr/bin/mosquitto_passwd
/usr/bin/mosquitto_pub
/usr/bin/mosquitto_rr
/usr/bin/mosquitto_sub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/25f76d823757d400376f2199f9b522c672317d
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/83fc5c77ad65bbfb340322cb00d536e989709a
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/48397d847273a052359b2e40c840261bc8a04b
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/7c8ee31bb3ace2665c2452e457b42038e225df
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/d67dd09d6246c08f1e9f924a48d258f4aa53c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/6a102be3bdbdac5eae633d9100d358cc17b4eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/abcee24f91392a59700c4cbeebb6c47c6b2bee
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/7e3f5816eb3e820ca358510815f03c548d4223
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/46da11795bc74680efc7f42a52d123cad0a9f3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mosquitto.service
/usr/lib64/libmosquitto.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmosquittopp.so.1
/usr/lib64/mosquitto_dynamic_security.so
/usr/sbin/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_pub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_rr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_sub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mosquitto.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mosquitto-tls.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mqtt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mosquitto.8.gz
/etc/mosquitto
/etc/mosquitto/aclfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
/etc/mosquitto/pskfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/pwfile.example
/usr/bin/mosquitto_ctrl
/usr/bin/mosquitto_passwd
/usr/bin/mosquitto_pub
/usr/bin/mosquitto_rr
/usr/bin/mosquitto_sub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/cebe6375e3d39c819f7af43a73719e9959a162
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/6daff38ead353a5b5b52b4003f78075cbb1134
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/23acd149345e1e27f319f21c8294892761ad5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/e4d0ae3cecba9d22e41883c388039ad014414e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/a7d635a61c94b589d7b96e2ebbff8d3a348574
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/5cc68d397f366b2adbbb56feadb2dd018bf2ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/c49d7f18ae2acbbfe73f95bf77af49dfb6ad71
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/04da97578752c9bce1e1c4d4fe8c2831176e6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/6f8fd9a47399d900ce1b4352c1cfb1dd4cc7aa
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mosquitto.service
/usr/lib64/libmosquitto.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmosquittopp.so.1
/usr/lib64/mosquitto_dynamic_security.so
/usr/sbin/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_pub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_rr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_sub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mosquitto.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mosquitto-tls.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mqtt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mosquitto.8.gz
/etc/mosquitto
/etc/mosquitto/aclfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
/etc/mosquitto/pskfile.example
/etc/mosquitto/pwfile.example
/usr/bin/mosquitto_ctrl
/usr/bin/mosquitto_passwd
/usr/bin/mosquitto_pub
/usr/bin/mosquitto_rr
/usr/bin/mosquitto_sub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/c531f3f0347179d336e155be44ede00b11feb6
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/4c82416df4f29601ff1a6cebcae46af794738e
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/55046b98ce629657a03710d7517a66ab2f6189
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/34c153be113296832ae56c051498f8179eff63
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/a2c97a38efd42fbff6ca002772871c723dbd7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/278ed13b32460ef5a7953eddd2c733e81764f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/703fb5fa4ecc32bd461392838eaa838748d584
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/1ad79e552c33965627d233d5b53dd73f73afe8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/e4f3f9153f795355850969e6304cc1661b3bdf
/usr/lib/libmosquitto.so.1
/usr/lib/libmosquittopp.so.1
/usr/lib/mosquitto_dynamic_security.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mosquitto.service
/usr/sbin/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/mosquitto/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto
/usr/share/licenses/mosquitto/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_ctrl_dynsec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_passwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_pub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_rr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mosquitto_sub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mosquitto.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mosquitto-tls.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mqtt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mosquitto.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.