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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "mosquitto-dev" package

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


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall mosquitto-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mosquitto-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: mosquitto
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 53
Depends: mosquitto (<< 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7.1~), mosquitto (>= 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/mosquitto-dev_1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7_all.deb
Size: 7734
MD5sum: 8e0675612931d0b239efdca924e28d98
SHA1: fdb96af239c02e3c753551509340cbecfac40c3a
SHA256: 55261c2bd513d69b4675ffe7427729c02d79cbb5d14f786ab1d45522d16c2657
SHA512: 4229cfb6c1b8bf425e1e7c4e6477eed6c216c57704d03a2071d851570dcaf4e80bb88f8fd1b34acaacb9d0def94324d1aee78482a6b0ed3d32089872ca4c4d92
Homepage: http://mosquitto.org/
Description-en: Development files for Mosquitto
Mosquitto is a message broker that supports the MQTT protocol.
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This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a package
which requires Mosquitto's source file headers.
Description-md5: 85819cfdd218368883800fb38464ff56

Package: mosquitto-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Architecture: all
Source: mosquitto
Version: 1.4.8-1build1
Depends: mosquitto (<< 1.4.8-1build1.1~), mosquitto (>= 1.4.8-1build1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/mosquitto-dev_1.4.8-1build1_all.deb
Size: 7714
MD5sum: 039f6dec0a43b70ba916a338c6847277
SHA1: 64e6b43653d94b9690aca1693a6f246cc4e79474
SHA256: 9cb5b4379849319022ef16c1dd2dd3b2b5d4e0555d46c47fba0eb883a177e4dd
Description-en: Development files for Mosquitto
Mosquitto is a message broker that supports the MQTT protocol.
.
This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a package
which requires Mosquitto's source file headers.
Description-md5: 85819cfdd218368883800fb38464ff56
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://mosquitto.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu