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Install
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Install with your favorite package manager
Latest Release
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Pip:
.. code:: bash
pip install kafka-python
Releases are also listed at https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python/releases
Bleeding-Edge
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.. code:: bash
git clone https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python
pip install ./kafka-python
Setuptools:
.. code:: bash
git clone https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python
easy_install ./kafka-python
Using `setup.py` directly:
.. code:: bash
git clone https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python
cd kafka-python
python setup.py install
Optional LZ4 install
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To enable LZ4 compression/decompression, install `lz4`:
>>> pip install lz4
Or `lz4-cffi` if using pypy:
>>> pip install lz4-cffi
Optional Snappy install
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Install Development Libraries
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Download and build Snappy from http://code.google.com/p/snappy/downloads/list
Ubuntu:
.. code:: bash
apt-get install libsnappy-dev
OSX:
.. code:: bash
brew install snappy
From Source:
.. code:: bash
wget http://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-1.0.5.tar.gz
tar xzvf snappy-1.0.5.tar.gz
cd snappy-1.0.5
./configure
make
sudo make install
Install Python Module
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Install the `python-snappy` module
.. code:: bash
pip install python-snappy