How To Install mosquitto-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mosquitto-dbg
mosquitto-dbg is:
This package contains debugging files used to investigate problems with the binaries provided by the packages mosquitto, mosquitto-clients, libmosquitto1 and libmosquittopp1.
There are three methods to install mosquitto-dbg 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-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mosquitto-dbg
Install mosquitto-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mosquitto-dbg
Install mosquitto-dbg 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-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mosquitto-dbg
How To Uninstall mosquitto-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mosquitto-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mosquitto-dbg
Uninstall mosquitto-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mosquitto-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mosquitto-dbg
Remove mosquitto-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove mosquitto-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mosquitto-dbg
Remove mosquitto-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mosquitto-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mosquitto-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
