How To Install libzmq-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmq-java on Debian 9.

What is libzmq-java

libzmq-java is:

ZeroMQ is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products.

ZeroMQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols and more.

This package contains JNI-based Java bindings for ZeroMQ.

There are three methods to install libzmq-java 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 libzmq-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 libzmq-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzmq-java

Install libzmq-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzmq-java

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzmq-java

How To Uninstall libzmq-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libzmq-java

Uninstall libzmq-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzmq-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzmq-java

Remove libzmq-java Configurations and Data

To remove libzmq-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzmq-java

Remove libzmq-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzmq-java

Dependencies

libzmq-java have the following dependencies:

• libzmq-jni

References

• libzmq-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmq-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.