How To Install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8.
What is librdkafka
Librdkafka is a C/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 messages/second for the producer and 3 million messages/second for the consumer.
We can use yum or dnf to install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librdkafka.
Install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install librdkafka
Install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install librdkafka
How To Uninstall librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the librdkafka package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove librdkafka
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
