How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog-kafka Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "rsyslog-kafka" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rsyslog-kafka on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rsyslog-kafka" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rsyslog-kafka 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 rsyslog-kafka package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: rsyslog-kafka
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: rsyslog
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 100
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librdkafka1 (>= 0.9.4), rsyslog (= 8.32.0-1ubuntu4.2)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-kafka_8.32.0-1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
Size: 21420
MD5sum: 6613ec0ab166f3c5b47984b88c9851f1
SHA1: d9025b130e7f8540cf85bcc4f3dfac41d0f9aa0f
SHA256: f2542f4cd963b64841b5f2daf5cfeb5b0c1b7ecd59d0b4beb12c2bc43ad9f28e
SHA512: dca56db4b4c236b3bd8e0ae076548cb1af83a0c7179e0e5f4a6ca4efe594e4086e69b3a20c7a1a913c10c00f53d6ee01f1ceafe17108abe0745569482f8e55de
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description: Apache Kafka support for rsyslog
Description-md5: 859920336ebf2f34ddfcd5786e12aede

Package: rsyslog-kafka
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: rsyslog
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 100
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librdkafka1 (>= 0.9.4), rsyslog (= 8.32.0-1ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-kafka_8.32.0-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 21376
MD5sum: 492b7bd77217455c98db7cc085faac66
SHA1: c22a2c2ac00ae11b73ee6d98dfa55fb06da79fd2
SHA256: bc90ff56ef55a2b6806f617ff4d8e4d217754cca2d86bc213148df9a475ad98f
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description: Apache Kafka support for rsyslog
Description-md5: 859920336ebf2f34ddfcd5786e12aede