How To Install libmosquittopp-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmosquittopp-dev on Debian 9.
What is libmosquittopp-dev
libmosquittopp-dev is:
This is the header and man page for the libmosquittopp1 C++ library, which is a library for implementing MQTT version 3.1 clients. This package is needed to do development with libmosquittopp1.
There are three methods to install libmosquittopp-dev 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 libmosquittopp-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 libmosquittopp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmosquittopp-dev
Install libmosquittopp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmosquittopp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmosquittopp-dev
Install libmosquittopp-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 libmosquittopp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmosquittopp-dev
How To Uninstall libmosquittopp-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmosquittopp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmosquittopp-dev
Uninstall libmosquittopp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmosquittopp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmosquittopp-dev
Remove libmosquittopp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmosquittopp-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmosquittopp-dev
Remove libmosquittopp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmosquittopp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmosquittopp-dev
Dependencies
libmosquittopp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmosquittopp-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.