How to Install and Uninstall kafkacat Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "kafkacat" package

Please follow the steps below to install kafkacat on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall kafkacat on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: kafkacat
Version: 1.7.1-3
Installed-Size: 15
Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Architecture: all
Depends: kcat
Size: 4856
SHA256: 9999f9cd36adf92459cc0796e3b99c6e9299ba26ddb27861ce7bfebe793822df
SHA1: a22261960f3fa3496b7194bb52b65b0faf18f5d1
MD5sum: 20f4e98e3ff6de9acc9aaa19633a054a
Description: producer and consumer for Apache Kafka (transitional package)
kcat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
0.8, think of it as a netcat for Kafka.
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This package is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kafkacat/kafkacat_1.7.1-3_all.deb