How to Install and Uninstall kafkacat Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "kafkacat" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install kafkacat on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall kafkacat on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: kafkacat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librdkafka1 (>= 1.2.1), libyajl2 (>= 2.0.4)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kafkacat/kafkacat_1.5.0-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 27752
MD5sum: d28b5b89d8d847b6264e4ca8d07cb094
SHA1: 1a37edced1fcde49e3b6b207ec905e09072a28ee
SHA256: 14858268fdade7a5309a48030f5805be7b7bbebb9326e310718db17c45e6643c
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat
Description: generic producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
Description-md5: 6bc5980bfc11bff8aedd9f84333c0509