kafkacat-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "kafkacat-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install kafkacat-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S kafkacat-git

* (Optional) Uninstall kafkacat-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns kafkacat-git

2. Manually Install "kafkacat-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone kafkacat-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kafkacat-git.git ~/kafkacat-git

c. Go to ~/kafkacat-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/kafkacat-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the kafkacat-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 516666
Name: kafkacat-git
PackageBaseID: 104973
PackageBase: kafkacat-git
Version: r207.be0cfa6-1
Description: Apache Kafka command line producer and consumer
URL: https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.000776
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: pyr
FirstSubmitted: 1450857723
LastModified: 1528139782
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kafkacat-git.tar.gz