pip install confluent-kafka gives error in mac

Question

When i tried pip install confluent-kafka got the following error

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#include <librdkafka/rdkafka.h>
             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    1 error generated.
    error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1

I'm using python version 3.9 and macOs Monterey

Answer 1

Install the librdkafka library

brew install librdkafka

Set the environment variables

export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/librdkafka/2.2.0/include
export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/librdkafka/2.2.0/lib

Then you can install it through pip install