How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog-kafka Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "rsyslog-kafka" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rsyslog-kafka on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rsyslog-kafka on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rsyslog-kafka package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rsyslog-kafka
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2006.0-2ubuntu1
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: 128
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librdkafka1 (>= 0.9.4), rsyslog (= 8.2006.0-2ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-kafka_8.2006.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 24760
MD5sum: 312045a450bd392908cc554fb2525a44
SHA1: 081e13455ecbb236af86763a689c0c98a4cd8b6c
SHA256: 4f6e45634f198711963f3f14f553e57b4d923905bc1f9341284fd0cb5b85a8c7
SHA512: 6392bc0bc4ececbf83232e95a22b1534f08177866ddb55d50755439d9e67c0bc0ec1dc1bb7dcca28588649b1a67944fa239de57a5729460d1cc32f575fc39b7f
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description-en: Apache Kafka support for rsyslog
These plugins allow rsyslog to send and receive syslog messages via Apache
Kafka, a distributed and scalable message broker offering strong durability
and fault-tolerance guarantees.
Description-md5: 859920336ebf2f34ddfcd5786e12aede