How to Install and Uninstall mosquitto Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mosquitto on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mosquitto" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mosquitto on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mosquitto" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mosquitto on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mosquitto package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mosquitto
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 703
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), libcjson1 (>= 1.7.13), libmosquitto1 (= 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.1), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdlt2 (>= 2.18.6), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libsystemd0, libwebsockets16 (>= 1.6.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/mosquitto_2.0.11-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 238870
MD5sum: 9ee36b350ae189ecbc7f70bfb74dc984
SHA1: 8e0dde4fb4decbfd7109204d2ff11d52c359b061
SHA256: 3a7c63499bc15d02f8a4f31ce63146bbe6bfd76b970d3a566277a9a182ab71c7
SHA512: 5805030011487168386abd81950e989fe6ce88ff2b29a8eb55d71beb50937c8a9a08dd0221c5a728dd3b911f8410bc0ad77936077f093655af522d70a783641d
Homepage: https://mosquitto.org/
Description: MQTT version 5.0/3.1.1/3.1 compatible message broker
Description-md5: f8c193c62c4a30a9acfb862fd9561343

Package: mosquitto
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.11-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 703
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), libcjson1 (>= 1.7.13), libmosquitto1 (= 2.0.11-1ubuntu1), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdlt2 (>= 2.18.6), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libsystemd0, libwebsockets16 (>= 1.6.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/mosquitto_2.0.11-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 238782
MD5sum: 0e438109f99f3c411412189890895752
SHA1: 07e333667c185e2348d098b1138abe2c757aa630
SHA256: fc508c7e7f1519bab622a76b8040b1ef66373121d83c76dbb060aaee8392acbf
SHA512: f8e0dc970872812a9dbcafe9569e7e543e3828a16c08c3e445d5c067abe69b11af5355903f432a5062c55024a39d9aca82867666a349a828c28d9242f97a070d
Homepage: https://mosquitto.org/
Description: MQTT version 5.0/3.1.1/3.1 compatible message broker
Description-md5: f8c193c62c4a30a9acfb862fd9561343