How To Install nng-utils on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nng-utils
on Debian 11.
What is nng-utils
nng-utils is:
Lightweight, broker-less library, offering a simple API to solve common recurring messaging problems, such as publish/subscribe, RPC-style request/reply, or service discovery. The API frees the programmer from worrying about details like connection management, retries, and other common considerations, so that they can focus on the application instead of the plumbing.
This package contains the nngcat utility.
There are three methods to install nng-utils
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nng-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 nng-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nng-utils
Install nng-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nng-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nng-utils
Install nng-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nng-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nng-utils
How To Uninstall nng-utils on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nng-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nng-utils
Uninstall nng-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nng-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nng-utils
Remove nng-utils Configurations and Data
To remove nng-utils
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nng-utils
Remove nng-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nng-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nng-utils
Dependencies
nng-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nng-utils
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.