Install librdkafka on CentOS date: Jul 28, 2021 tags: kafka, librdkafka yum install centos-release-scl yum install devtoolset-7 scl enable devtoolset-7 . /opt/rh/devtoolset-7/enable # For reboot yum install zlib-devel yum install openssl-devel yum install cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-devel # Skip zstd library git clone https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka.git cd librdkafka && git checkout v1.7.0 # Currently latest Version ./configure make -j 3 && make install # python -m pip install confluent-kafka==1.7.0 # Check Installation