[SOLVED] Confluent Kafka: How to start if localhost not set to default?

Issue

Trying to get started with Confluent Kafka using this documentation:

The confluent platform is downloaded in the relevant directory: /Users/dj/dev/kafka/confluent-3.3.0

The doc says to run:

$ confluent start

Which returns:

-bash: confluent: command not found

Reading further the doc assumes the `services will run on localhost with default properties', and goes on to say 'If not already in your PATH, add Confluent’s bin directory by running':

export PATH=<path-to-confluent>/bin:$PATH

Which for me is:

$ export PATH=</Users/dj/dev/kafka/confluent-3.3.0>/bin:$PATH

Which returns:

-bash: /bin:/Users/dj/anaconda/bin:/Users/dj/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin: No such file or directory

It appears that my Anaconda installation is interfering with the bin path. How do I resolve this?

Solution

Don't include the angle-brackets. Try this instead:

export PATH=/Users/dj/dev/kafka/confluent-3.3.0/bin:$PATH

Answered By - Robin Moffatt

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)