How To Install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librdkafka-dev
librdkafka-dev 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. It implements both the 0.8 and 0.9 versions of the protocol.
More information about Apache Kafka can be found at http://kafka.apache.org/
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librdkafka-dev
Install librdkafka-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librdkafka-dev
Install librdkafka-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librdkafka-dev
How To Uninstall librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librdkafka-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librdkafka-dev
Uninstall librdkafka-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librdkafka-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdkafka-dev
Remove librdkafka-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librdkafka-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librdkafka-dev
Remove librdkafka-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librdkafka-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdkafka-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
