How To Install python-confluent-kafka on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-confluent-kafka
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-confluent-kafka
python-confluent-kafka is:
python-confluent-kafka wraps the librdkafka C library, providing full Kafka protocol support with great performance and reliability.
This package provides the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-confluent-kafka
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 python-confluent-kafka Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-confluent-kafka
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-confluent-kafka
Install python-confluent-kafka Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-confluent-kafka
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-confluent-kafka
Install python-confluent-kafka 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 python-confluent-kafka
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-confluent-kafka
How To Uninstall python-confluent-kafka on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-confluent-kafka
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-confluent-kafka
Uninstall python-confluent-kafka And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-confluent-kafka
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-confluent-kafka
Remove python-confluent-kafka Configurations and Data
To remove python-confluent-kafka
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-confluent-kafka
Remove python-confluent-kafka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-confluent-kafka
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-confluent-kafka
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-confluent-kafka
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.