How to Install and Uninstall kafkacat Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the kafkacat on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kafkacat" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install kafkacat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kafkacat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kafkacat" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall kafkacat on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kafkacat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kafkacat package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kafkacat
Version: 1.7.1-2
Installed-Size: 14
Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Architecture: all
Depends: kcat
Description: producer and consumer for Apache Kafka (transitional package)
Description-md5: 0d2f6c835af1a3434bd5fb4bebdeea6a
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kafkacat/kafkacat_1.7.1-2_all.deb
Size: 4404
MD5sum: bb14414592593513fff7481b87842bbf
SHA256: bae8072a300295b22e0fba7cfaa7755c5a7d83002a8e75d18f922401bf53638e