How To Install libmqtt-client-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmqtt-client-java on Kali Linux.

What is libmqtt-client-java

libmqtt-client-java is:

mqtt-client is a Java implementation of the MQTT publish-subscribe messaging protocol. It takes care of automatically reconnecting to the MQTT server and restoring the client session if any network failures occur. Applications can use a blocking API style, a futures based API, or a callback/continuations passing API style.

There are three methods to install libmqtt-client-java on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmqtt-client-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmqtt-client-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmqtt-client-java

Install libmqtt-client-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmqtt-client-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmqtt-client-java

Install libmqtt-client-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmqtt-client-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmqtt-client-java

How To Uninstall libmqtt-client-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmqtt-client-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmqtt-client-java

Uninstall libmqtt-client-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmqtt-client-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmqtt-client-java

Remove libmqtt-client-java Configurations and Data

To remove libmqtt-client-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmqtt-client-java

Remove libmqtt-client-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmqtt-client-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmqtt-client-java

Dependencies

libmqtt-client-java have the following dependencies:

• libhawtbuf-java
• libhawtdispatch-java

References

• libmqtt-client-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmqtt-client-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.