How to Install and Uninstall kafkacat Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "kafkacat" package

Please follow the instructions below to install kafkacat on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall kafkacat on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: kafkacat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 63
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librdkafka1 (>= 0.9.4), libyajl2 (>= 2.0.4)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kafkacat/kafkacat_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 20690
MD5sum: 85157e3244a64a838bf78cdf3bc76b2b
SHA1: 9f0e6ba1fdbe84dc89dcb2b5646f5ca1b9cff38b
SHA256: 86ad5429672d8ff3e60ceb881f285072f65e9ef63c661684ac6b0d23b69c4497
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat
Description: generic producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
Description-md5: 6bc5980bfc11bff8aedd9f84333c0509