How To Install libmosquitto-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmosquitto-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmosquitto-dev is MQTT version 5.0/3.1.1/3.1 client library, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmosquitto-dev on Debian 12.

What is libmosquitto-dev

libmosquitto-dev is:

This is the header and man page for the libmosquitto1 C library, which is a library for implementing MQTT version 5.0/3.1.1/3.1 clients. This package is needed to do development with libmosquitto1.

There are three methods to install libmosquitto-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmosquitto-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 libmosquitto-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmosquitto-dev

Install libmosquitto-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmosquitto-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmosquitto-dev

Install libmosquitto-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmosquitto-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmosquitto-dev

How To Uninstall libmosquitto-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmosquitto-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmosquitto-dev

Uninstall libmosquitto-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmosquitto-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmosquitto-dev

Remove libmosquitto-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmosquitto-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmosquitto-dev

Remove libmosquitto-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmosquitto-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmosquitto-dev

Dependencies

libmosquitto-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmosquitto-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.