How To Install garagemq on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install garagemq on Ubuntu 22.04. garagemq is AMQP message broker implemented with golang

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install garagemq on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is garagemq

garagemq is:

GarageMQ is a message broker that implement the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP). Compatible with any AMQP or RabbitMQ clients (tested streadway/amqp and php-amqp lib)

The GarageMQ project is also knowns an KubeMQ (https://kubemq.io).

This package does not contain the admin-frontend/build files since debian packaging npm modules is “complicated”. You can, after installing this package, download the files from github and cp -a $SRCDIR/admin-frontend/build /var/lib/garagemq/admin-frontend/ to be able to use the admin frontend as intended.

There are three methods to install garagemq 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 garagemq Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install garagemq using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install garagemq

Install garagemq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install garagemq using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install garagemq

Install garagemq 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 garagemq using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install garagemq

How To Uninstall garagemq on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the garagemq package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove garagemq

Uninstall garagemq And Its Dependencies

To uninstall garagemq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove garagemq

Remove garagemq Configurations and Data

To remove garagemq configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge garagemq

Remove garagemq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove garagemq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge garagemq

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install garagemq package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.