How to Install and Uninstall librdkafka-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the librdkafka-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "librdkafka-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "librdkafka-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the librdkafka-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: librdkafka-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.0-1build1
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: 4185
Depends: librdkafka++1 (= 1.8.0-1build1), librdkafka1 (= 1.8.0-1build1)
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librdkafka/librdkafka-dev_1.8.0-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 805276
MD5sum: 181ad2806780714d6f3a0269d9e74587
SHA1: 9501af4299f2306d8fcfd342e006e5a19bdd1d62
SHA256: ce7f7cdcf29a0ddbe4dcfb06e2e7ab0e71c9be40846e54f22446ee4b2874dbca
SHA512: 19db0387864e8d82713680c59ca69193258d9dbeb5c8d5b61ae871f22826482c560359fd68bc14f4e0e50b3e28641ba24af176df1e4bc1fed075142c2c2fb468
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka
Description: library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol (development headers)
Description-md5: 2f47faef9806ae0190670ff71b24dbc4