How to Install and Uninstall librdkafka-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "librdkafka-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install librdkafka-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "librdkafka-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall librdkafka-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the librdkafka-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: librdkafka-dev
Source: librdkafka
Version: 1.6.0-1
Installed-Size: 4153
Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Depends: librdkafka++1 (= 1.6.0-1), librdkafka1 (= 1.6.0-1)
Description: library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol (development headers)
Description-md5: 2f47faef9806ae0190670ff71b24dbc4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libr/librdkafka/librdkafka-dev_1.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 769660
MD5sum: ec7d1afaa75dad696795a96e672abf46
SHA256: c7adc0734a65437d701c011cbb68b390e01e99a1817850ae38ddafa56c6bed15