How To Install paho.mqtt.c-examples on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paho.mqtt.c-examples on Kali Linux.

What is paho.mqtt.c-examples

paho.mqtt.c-examples is:

This libraries enable applications to connect to an MQTT broker to publish messages, and to subscribe to topics and receive published messages.

This package contains example files and demonstration programs.

There are three methods to install paho.mqtt.c-examples on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install paho.mqtt.c-examples Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install paho.mqtt.c-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install paho.mqtt.c-examples

Install paho.mqtt.c-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install paho.mqtt.c-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install paho.mqtt.c-examples

Install paho.mqtt.c-examples Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install paho.mqtt.c-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paho.mqtt.c-examples

How To Uninstall paho.mqtt.c-examples on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the paho.mqtt.c-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove paho.mqtt.c-examples

Uninstall paho.mqtt.c-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall paho.mqtt.c-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paho.mqtt.c-examples

Remove paho.mqtt.c-examples Configurations and Data

To remove paho.mqtt.c-examples configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge paho.mqtt.c-examples

Remove paho.mqtt.c-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove paho.mqtt.c-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paho.mqtt.c-examples

Dependencies

paho.mqtt.c-examples have the following dependencies:

• libpaho-mqtt1.3
• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• paho.mqtt.c-examples website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paho.mqtt.c-examples package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.