How to install kafkacat on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?
In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install kafkacat package on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).
Quick installation of kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Package Details | |
| Package: | kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 |
| Version: | 1.5.0-1.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat |
| Description: | generic producer and consumer for Apache Kafka kafkacat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka 0.8, think of it as a netcat for Kafka. . In producer mode kafkacat reads messages from stdin, delimited with a configurable delimiter and produces them to the provided Kafka cluster, topic and partition. In consumer mode kafkacat reads messages from a topic and partition and prints them to stdout using the configured message delimiter. . kafkacat also features a Metadata list mode to display the current state of the Kafka cluster and its topics and partitions. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/net |
How to install kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L kafkacat [1mdpkg-query:[0m package 'kafkacat' is not installed Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1:
After system update use the following command to install kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1:
sudo apt-get install kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Following command is used to remove the kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
This will remove kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with kafkacat Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.5.0-1.1 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.