How To Install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is librdkafka-devel
librdkafka is a C/C++ library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and Consumer support. This package contains headers and libraries required to build applications using librdkafka.
We can use yum or dnf to install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librdkafka-devel.
Install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install librdkafka-devel
Install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install librdkafka-devel
How To Uninstall librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the librdkafka-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove librdkafka-devel
librdkafka-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/librdkafka
/usr/include/librdkafka/rdkafka.h
/usr/include/librdkafka/rdkafkacpp.h
/usr/lib/librdkafka++.so
/usr/lib/librdkafka.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rdkafka++-static.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rdkafka++.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rdkafka-static.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rdkafka.pc
/usr/include/librdkafka
/usr/include/librdkafka/rdkafka.h
/usr/include/librdkafka/rdkafkacpp.h
/usr/lib64/librdkafka++.so
/usr/lib64/librdkafka.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rdkafka++-static.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rdkafka++.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rdkafka-static.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rdkafka.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
