How To Install libmqtt-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmqtt-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libmqtt-client-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmqtt-client-java
How To Uninstall libmqtt-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmqtt-client-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
