How to Install and Uninstall mosquitto-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "mosquitto-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mosquitto-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mosquitto-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mosquitto-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mosquitto-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mosquitto-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mosquitto-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mosquitto-dev
Source: mosquitto
Version: 2.0.11-1
Installed-Size: 102
Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Architecture: all
Depends: mosquitto (<< 2.0.11-1.1~), mosquitto (>= 2.0.11-1)
Description: Development files for Mosquitto
Description-md5: 85819cfdd218368883800fb38464ff56
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://mosquitto.org/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mosquitto/mosquitto-dev_2.0.11-1_all.deb
Size: 58788
MD5sum: 53feb9fa1ee7e16b9617df4048716809
SHA256: 4ebf4064a802cea12560da511530be317a1c9d7fdef4ba10c842efacf4edb364