How To Install zookeeper on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install zookeeper on Debian 9. zookeeper is High-performance coordination service for distributed applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zookeeper on Debian 9.

What is zookeeper

zookeeper is:

ZooKeeper is a centralized, reliable, service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and group services. All of these kinds of services are used in some form or another by distributed applications.

This package contains the shell scripts and an example configuration but does not automatically start up the service. The example configuration is installed with the update-alternatives mechanism.

There are three methods to install zookeeper 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 zookeeper Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zookeeper

Install zookeeper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zookeeper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zookeeper

Install zookeeper 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 zookeeper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zookeeper

How To Uninstall zookeeper on Debian 9

To uninstall only the zookeeper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zookeeper

Uninstall zookeeper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zookeeper

Remove zookeeper Configurations and Data

To remove zookeeper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zookeeper

Remove zookeeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zookeeper

Dependencies

zookeeper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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