How To Install librdkafka1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka1 on Kali Linux. librdkafka1 is library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol

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 update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librdkafka1

Install librdkafka1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librdkafka1

Install 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install librdkafka1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librdkafka1

How To Uninstall librdkafka1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librdkafka1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librdkafka1

Uninstall 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 librdkafka1

Remove librdkafka1 Configurations and Data

To remove librdkafka1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librdkafka1

Remove 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 librdkafka1

Dependencies

librdkafka1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librdkafka1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.