How To Install libczmq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libczmq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libczmq-dev
libczmq-dev is:
czmq (previously known as libzapi) provides a high-level C binding for 0MQ, a lightweight messaging library.
This library provides higher level abstractions on top of the base library, with features such as:
- Work with messages as strings, individual frames, or multipart messages.
- Automatic closure of any open sockets at context termination.
- Automatic LINGER configuration of all sockets for context termination.
- Portable API for creating child threads and ØMQ pipes to talk to them.
- Simple reactor with one-off and repeated timers, and socket readers.
- System clock functions for sleeping and calculating timers.
- Easy API to get/set all socket options.
- Includes generic hash and list containers.
This package provides the development files for czmq.
There are three methods to install libczmq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libczmq-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libczmq-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libczmq-dev
Install libczmq-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libczmq-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libczmq-dev
Install libczmq-dev 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 libczmq-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libczmq-dev
How To Uninstall libczmq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libczmq-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libczmq-dev
Uninstall libczmq-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libczmq-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libczmq-dev
Remove libczmq-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libczmq-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libczmq-dev
Remove libczmq-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libczmq-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libczmq-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libczmq-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
