How to Install and Uninstall kcat.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

Last updated: October 09,2024

1. Install "kcat.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install kcat.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                kcat.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kcat.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall kcat.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kcat.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

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Available Packages
Name : kcat
Version : 1.7.1
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 39 k
Source : kcat-1.7.1-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Generic command line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
URL : https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
License : BSD-2-Clause
Description : kcat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka >=0.8, like a
: netcat for Kafka.
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: In producer mode kcat reads messages from stdin, delimited with a configurable
: delimiter (-D, defaults to newline), and produces them to the provided Kafka
: cluster (-b), topic (-t) and partition (-p).
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: In consumer mode kcat reads messages from a topic and partition and prints them
: to stdout using the configured message delimiter.
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: There's also support for the Kafka >=0.9 high-level balanced consumer, use the
: -G switch and provide a list of topics to join the group.
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: kcat also features a Metadata list (-L) mode to display the current state of the
: Kafka cluster and its topics and partitions.