How To Install librabbitmq4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librabbitmq4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librabbitmq4
librabbitmq4 is:
RabbitMQ provides robust messaging for applications. It is easy to use, fit for purpose at cloud scale and supported on all major operating systems and developer platforms. librabbitmq is a C-language AMQP client library for use with AMQP servers such as RabbitMQ speaking protocol versions 0-9-1.
This package includes the library itself.
There are three methods to install librabbitmq4 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 librabbitmq4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librabbitmq4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librabbitmq4
Install librabbitmq4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librabbitmq4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librabbitmq4
Install librabbitmq4 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 librabbitmq4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librabbitmq4
How To Uninstall librabbitmq4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librabbitmq4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librabbitmq4
Uninstall librabbitmq4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librabbitmq4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librabbitmq4
Remove librabbitmq4 Configurations and Data
To remove librabbitmq4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librabbitmq4
Remove librabbitmq4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librabbitmq4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librabbitmq4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librabbitmq4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
