How To Install libev-libevent-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-libevent-dev on Debian 11. libev-libevent-dev is libevent event loop compatibility wrapper for libev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-libevent-dev on Debian 11.

What is libev-libevent-dev

libev-libevent-dev is:

Compatibility wrapper “event.h” to enable programs which use the libevent event loop to link against libev.

libev provides a full-featured and high-performance event loop that is loosely modelled after libevent. It includes relative timers, absolute timers with customized rescheduling, synchronous signals, process status change events, event watchers dealing with the event loop itself, file watchers, and even limited support for fork events. It uses a priority queue to manage timers and uses arrays as fundamental data structure. It has no artificial limitations on the number of watchers waiting for the same event.

libev supports select, poll, epoll, kqueue, and inotify.

There are three methods to install libev-libevent-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libev-libevent-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libev-libevent-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libev-libevent-dev

Install libev-libevent-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libev-libevent-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libev-libevent-dev

Install libev-libevent-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libev-libevent-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libev-libevent-dev

How To Uninstall libev-libevent-dev on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libev-libevent-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libev-libevent-dev

Uninstall libev-libevent-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libev-libevent-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libev-libevent-dev

Remove libev-libevent-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libev-libevent-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libev-libevent-dev

Remove libev-libevent-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libev-libevent-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libev-libevent-dev

Dependencies

libev-libevent-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-libevent-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.