How To Install librdkafka++1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka++1 on Kali Linux.

What is librdkafka++1

librdkafka++1 is:

librdkafka is a C library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol, providing Producer, Consumer and Admin clients. It was designed with message delivery reliability and high performance in mind, current figures exceed 1 million msgs/second for the producer and 3 million msgs/second for the consumer.

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

This package contains the C++ shared library.

There are three methods to install librdkafka++1 on Kali Linux. 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++1 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++1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librdkafka++1

Install librdkafka++1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka++1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librdkafka++1

Install librdkafka++1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka++1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librdkafka++1

How To Uninstall librdkafka++1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librdkafka++1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librdkafka++1

Uninstall librdkafka++1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librdkafka++1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdkafka++1

Remove librdkafka++1 Configurations and Data

To remove librdkafka++1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librdkafka++1

Remove librdkafka++1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librdkafka++1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdkafka++1

Dependencies

librdkafka++1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• librdkafka1
• libstdc++6

References

• librdkafka++1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka++1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.