How To Install librdkafka++1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka++1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is librdkafka++1
librdkafka++1 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.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka++1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.