How To Install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8. libev-source is High-performance event loop/event model with lots of features

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libev-source

This package contains the source code for libev.

We can use yum or dnf to install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libev-source.

Install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libev-source using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libev-source

Install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libev-source using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libev-source

How To Uninstall libev-source on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libev-source

libev-source Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/libev-source
/usr/share/libev-source/Changes
/usr/share/libev-source/LICENSE
/usr/share/libev-source/Makefile.am
/usr/share/libev-source/README
/usr/share/libev-source/aclocal.m4
/usr/share/libev-source/config.h
/usr/share/libev-source/config.h.in
/usr/share/libev-source/configure.ac
/usr/share/libev-source/ev++.h
/usr/share/libev-source/ev.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev.h
/usr/share/libev-source/ev.pod
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_epoll.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_kqueue.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_poll.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_port.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_select.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_vars.h
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_win32.c
/usr/share/libev-source/ev_wrap.h
/usr/share/libev-source/event.c
/usr/share/libev-source/event.h
/usr/share/libev-source/libev.m4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev-source on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.