How to Install and Uninstall librdkafka-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "librdkafka-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the librdkafka-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: librdkafka-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.3-1build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: librdkafka
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2063
Depends: librdkafka++1 (= 0.11.3-1build1), librdkafka1 (= 0.11.3-1build1)
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librdkafka/librdkafka-dev_0.11.3-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 387132
MD5sum: 73dc771794f7d9fba88b574578f13d1b
SHA1: ea0e29b083bd746db0ff63289ff12da4dac99849
SHA256: 4df624a72154bfc4393a65af7ef87abb6ba54e013d7a8faf9623b2395bb226ce
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka
Description: library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol (development headers)
Description-md5: 2468c4fbd59f4ccd2e1138c476b3bc44