How To Install nanomsg-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nanomsg-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nanomsg-utils
nanomsg-utils is:
nanomsg is a socket library that provides several common communication patterns. It aims to make the networking layer fast, scalable, and easy to use. Implemented in C, it works on a wide range of operating systems with no further dependencies.
The communication patterns, also called “scalability protocols”, are basic blocks for building distributed systems. By combining them you can create a vast array of distributed applications. The following scalability protocols are currently available:
PAIR - simple one-to-one communication
BUS - simple many-to-many communication
REQREP - allows one to build clusters of stateless services
to process user requests
PUBSUB - distributes messages to large sets of interested subscribers
PIPELINE - aggregates messages from multiple sources and
load balances them among many destinations
SURVEY - allows one to query state of multiple applications in a single go
This package contains utilities for testing nanomsg.
There are three methods to install nanomsg-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nanomsg-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nanomsg-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nanomsg-utils
Install nanomsg-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nanomsg-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nanomsg-utils
Install nanomsg-utils 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 nanomsg-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nanomsg-utils
How To Uninstall nanomsg-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nanomsg-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nanomsg-utils
Uninstall nanomsg-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nanomsg-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nanomsg-utils
Remove nanomsg-utils Configurations and Data
To remove nanomsg-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nanomsg-utils
Remove nanomsg-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nanomsg-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nanomsg-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nanomsg-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.