How to Install and Uninstall librdkafka-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "librdkafka-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                librdkafka-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "librdkafka-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall librdkafka-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the librdkafka-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: librdkafka-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 392
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Source: librdkafka
Version: 0.8.6-1.1
Depends: librdkafka1 (= 0.8.6-1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libr/librdkafka/librdkafka-dev_0.8.6-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 106134
MD5sum: b41b6beaaef724986b0617e923e6edca
SHA1: 3ffc1719e186233c9d7a4d7efdaf82baff5efbfb
SHA256: 053bcc81186b7d9be8315ce7830aa7bbb14fd1a4cb22f66fdcef5b7cdbb94d6a
Description-en: library implementing the Apache Kafka protocol (development headers)
librdkafka is a C implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol. It currently
implements the 0.8 version of the protocol and can be used to develop both
Producers and Consumers.
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More information about Apache Kafka can be found at http://kafka.apache.org/
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This package contains the development headers.
Description-md5: cef446632bbe78044a9f84d0cf73a5b7
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu