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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "syslog-ng-mod-kafka" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install syslog-ng-mod-kafka on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "syslog-ng-mod-kafka" package

Learn how to uninstall syslog-ng-mod-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 syslog-ng-mod-kafka package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: syslog-ng-mod-kafka
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.2-0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: syslog-ng-incubator
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: syslog-ng maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), librdkafka1 (>= 0.8.3), syslog-ng-abi-3.13-0
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslog-ng-incubator/syslog-ng-mod-kafka_0.6.2-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 14836
MD5sum: c7eca7ac96542001f96b98e626a07f69
SHA1: 389cf6341d49e67ff6fb251abf4f77c0eb2ee09c
SHA256: 844e5a93456fc0279d5f82770aac76af5157f6631735f3224832ba9d1445f9db
Homepage: https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng-incubator
Description: Enhanced system logging daemon (kafka destination)
Description-md5: 1f7f78e7ca88b804928ff8ad4e324443