How To Install amqp-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amqp-tools on Ubuntu.
What is amqp-tools
amqp-tools is:
RabbitMQ provides robust messaging for applications. It is easy to use, fit for purpose at cloud scale and supported on all major operating systems and developer platforms. librabbitmq is a C-language AMQP client library for use with AMQP servers such as RabbitMQ speaking protocol versions 0-9-1.
This package includes command line utilities.
There are three methods to install amqp-tools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install amqp-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amqp-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amqp-tools
Install amqp-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amqp-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amqp-tools
Install amqp-tools 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 amqp-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amqp-tools
How To Uninstall amqp-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the amqp-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amqp-tools
Uninstall amqp-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amqp-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amqp-tools
Remove amqp-tools Configurations and Data
To remove amqp-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amqp-tools
Remove amqp-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amqp-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amqp-tools
Dependencies
amqp-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amqp-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.