How To Install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7. librdkafka-devel is The Apache Kafka C library (Development Environment)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7.

What is librdkafka-devel

librdkafka is a C/C++ library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and Consumer support. This package contains headers and libraries required to build applications using librdkafka. librdkafka is a C/C++ library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and Consumer support. This package contains headers and libraries required to build applications using librdkafka.

We can use yum or dnf to install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librdkafka-devel.

Install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librdkafka-devel

Install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install librdkafka-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librdkafka-devel

How To Uninstall librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the librdkafka-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librdkafka-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.