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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kcat" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall kcat on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: kcat
Source: kafkacat
Version: 1.7.1-2
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: kafkacat (<< 1.7.1-1~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), librdkafka1 (>= 1.6.0), libyajl2 (>= 2.0.4)
Breaks: kafkacat (<< 1.7.1-1~)
Description: producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
Description-md5: 17587d0a1b21c8f3e1287f4979165812
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kafkacat/kcat_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 33792
MD5sum: 49e1425a3bd5a935b21a9a3ca9bd69dc
SHA256: c7634113d7db8e9ca840f7f865afd1d13b43014f2dcf591ed3b5744de80030d3