How To Install python-confluent-kafka on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-confluent-kafka on Debian 10.
What is python-confluent-kafka
python-confluent-kafka is:
python-confluent-kafka wraps the librdkafka C library, providing full Kafka protocol support with great performance and reliability.
This package provides the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-confluent-kafka on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-confluent-kafka Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-confluent-kafka using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-confluent-kafka
Install python-confluent-kafka Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-confluent-kafka using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-confluent-kafka
Install python-confluent-kafka 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 python-confluent-kafka using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-confluent-kafka
How To Uninstall python-confluent-kafka on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-confluent-kafka package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-confluent-kafka
Uninstall python-confluent-kafka And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-confluent-kafka and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-confluent-kafka
Remove python-confluent-kafka Configurations and Data
To remove python-confluent-kafka configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-confluent-kafka
Remove python-confluent-kafka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-confluent-kafka configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-confluent-kafka
Dependencies
python-confluent-kafka have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-confluent-kafka package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
