How To Install rabbitmq-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rabbitmq-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rabbitmq-server
rabbitmq-server is:
RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high performance enterprise messaging. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.
Package: rabbitmq-server Architecture: all Version: 3.8.2-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 20353 Depends: adduser, erlang-base | erlang-base-hipe, erlang-crypto (>= 1:21.3), erlang-eldap (>= 1:21.3), erlang-inets (>= 1:21.3), erlang-mnesia (>= 1:21.3), erlang-os-mon (>= 1:21.3), erlang-parsetools (>= 1:21.3), erlang-public-key (>= 1:21.3), erlang-runtime-tools (>= 1:21.3), erlang-ssl (>= 1:21.3), erlang-syntax-tools (>= 1:21.3), erlang-tools (>= 1:21.3), erlang-xmerl (>= 1:21.3), locales-all, logrotate, lsb-base, socat, python3:any Filename: pool/main/r/rabbitmq-server/rabbitmq-server_3.8.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 11478268 MD5sum: 108bd66da382bb871c21b2423636a17f SHA1: 5d6ea4732f10a9df99991f70fb65383b425d4b30 SHA256: ca8a4f77b1330b3a44f8fd936b083eeb08c06dc2be6e1e37623e7285f0383a0c Homepage: https://www.rabbitmq.com/ Description-en: AMQP server written in Erlang RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high performance enterprise messaging. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.
There are three methods to install rabbitmq-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rabbitmq-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rabbitmq-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rabbitmq-server
Install rabbitmq-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rabbitmq-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rabbitmq-server
Install rabbitmq-server 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 rabbitmq-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rabbitmq-server
How To Uninstall rabbitmq-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rabbitmq-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rabbitmq-server
Uninstall rabbitmq-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rabbitmq-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rabbitmq-server
Remove rabbitmq-server Configurations and Data
To remove rabbitmq-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rabbitmq-server
Remove rabbitmq-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rabbitmq-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rabbitmq-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rabbitmq-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
