How to Install and Uninstall libzmq-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libzmq-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libzmq-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libzmq-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libzmq-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libzmq-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libzmq-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 810
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Source: zeromq
Version: 2.2.0+dfsg-7
Depends: libzmq1 (= 2.2.0+dfsg-7)
Filename: pool/universe/z/zeromq/libzmq-dev_2.2.0+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 162720
MD5sum: da5511c82477318090609ea509f9d8dd
SHA1: b81ecd957849430862db02d104703b6f7083e4ae
SHA256: 317ca7a7b63b6d09af5d04e6402a3fc7d4fabd986040e594bd2728e0cdcf3cd1
Description-en: lightweight messaging kernel (development files)
ØMQ is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features
traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products.
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ØMQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple
messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to
multiple transport protocols and more.
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This package contains the ZeroMQ development libraries and header files.
Description-md5: 7b2c1e47f6d305566aebc0e65e04f5ee
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.zeromq.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu