How To Install mosquitto-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-dev on Debian 12.
What is mosquitto-dev
mosquitto-dev is:
Mosquitto is a message broker that supports the MQTT protocol.
This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a package which requires Mosquitto’s source file headers.
There are three methods to install mosquitto-dev on Debian 12. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mosquitto-dev
Install mosquitto-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mosquitto-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mosquitto-dev
Install mosquitto-dev 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 mosquitto-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mosquitto-dev
How To Uninstall mosquitto-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mosquitto-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mosquitto-dev
Uninstall mosquitto-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mosquitto-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mosquitto-dev
Remove mosquitto-dev Configurations and Data
To remove mosquitto-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mosquitto-dev
Remove mosquitto-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mosquitto-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mosquitto-dev
Dependencies
mosquitto-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mosquitto-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
