How To Install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-auth-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mosquitto-auth-plugin
mosquitto-auth-plugin is:
Authentication plugin for Mosquitto with multiple backends for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, CDB, SQLite3 and LDAP
There are three methods to install mosquitto-auth-plugin 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 mosquitto-auth-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-auth-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin
Install mosquitto-auth-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-auth-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin
Install mosquitto-auth-plugin 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 mosquitto-auth-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mosquitto-auth-plugin
How To Uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mosquitto-auth-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mosquitto-auth-plugin
Uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mosquitto-auth-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mosquitto-auth-plugin
Remove mosquitto-auth-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mosquitto-auth-plugin
Remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mosquitto-auth-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mosquitto-auth-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-auth-plugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
