Termux-packages: How to use mosquitto?

[Nic2012]

Hi,
according to https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/pull/515 it seems the mqtt mosquitto https://mosquitto.org/ is available under apt list. If thats true, is it the broker or client? And how can I start and use it?

Best regards,
Nic

[fornwall]

The package named mosquitto is actually the clients, containing mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub.

The package should probably be renamed to mosquitto-clients for sense and compatibility with debian&ubuntu.

[Nic2012]

Thanks for the answer, but I am more interested in the mosquitto broker. Do y have plans to support the broker, too or is that technically not possible?
Best regards,
Nic

[marksev1]

@fornwall would then this https://pypi.python.org/pypi/paho-mqtt/1.1 work with it? Would i be able to publish and subscribe stuff from for example "Termux-api" to mqtt?

[Nic2012]

@marksev1 The mosquitto stuff inside termux is a client and y mentioned paho class is also a client side implem. To pub or sub messages between each kind of client inside termux or outside a central mosquitto server or broker is needed. That I have requested for to have it in termux too.

[fornwall]

@Nic2012 As of version 1.4.10-1, the mosquitto package now contains the broker. Let me know how it works!

[marksev1]

Awesome! I will test it too :D.

[Nic2012]

@fornwall
It works! Yeah thats really awesome! I was able to connect the broker by another Android smartphone with the app MQTT Dashboard or MQTT Dash, both can be found in Google Play store.
I can pub or subcribe messages between both devices.
By this solution you created the first mqtt broker for Android! That will give a great progress to MQTT in general. Thank you.