How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog-kafka Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rsyslog-kafka" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rsyslog-kafka on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rsyslog-kafka" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall rsyslog-kafka on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rsyslog-kafka package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rsyslog-kafka
Source: rsyslog
Version: 8.2302.0-1
Installed-Size: 366
Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), librdkafka1 (>= 1.5.0), rsyslog (= 8.2302.0-1)
Description: Apache Kafka support for rsyslog
Description-md5: 859920336ebf2f34ddfcd5786e12aede
Homepage: https://www.rsyslog.com/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-kafka_8.2302.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 299460
MD5sum: 9b0400cb6580d09558e1ea69b2cfd702
SHA256: c43c15d0d32c094833673adce5c0049711d1a6044c51d26b43437d98f6f69aa8