How To Install librdkafka1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka1 on Kali Linux.
What is librdkafka1
librdkafka1 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 librdkafka1 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 librdkafka1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librdkafka1Install librdkafka1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librdkafka1Install librdkafka1 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librdkafka1How To Uninstall librdkafka1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librdkafka1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librdkafka1Uninstall librdkafka1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librdkafka1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdkafka1Remove librdkafka1 Configurations and Data
To remove librdkafka1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librdkafka1Remove librdkafka1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librdkafka1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdkafka1Dependencies
librdkafka1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.