How To Install librdkafka-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-dev on Debian 9. librdkafka-dev is library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-dev on Debian 9.

What is librdkafka-dev

librdkafka-dev is:

librdkafka is a C library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and Consumer support. It was designed with message delivery reliability and high performance in mind, current figures exceed 800000 msgs/second for the producer and 3 million msgs/second for the consumer. It implements both the 0.8 and 0.9 versions of the protocol.

More information about Apache Kafka can be found at http://kafka.apache.org/

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install librdkafka-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librdkafka-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librdkafka-dev

Install librdkafka-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librdkafka-dev

Install librdkafka-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librdkafka-dev

How To Uninstall librdkafka-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the librdkafka-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librdkafka-dev

Uninstall librdkafka-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librdkafka-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdkafka-dev

Remove librdkafka-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librdkafka-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librdkafka-dev

Remove librdkafka-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librdkafka-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdkafka-dev

Dependencies

librdkafka-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.