How To Install libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libevent1-dev
libevent1-dev is:
Contains the header files, documentation, examples and static libraries for use in developing applications that use the libevent library.
The libevent library is an asynchronous event notification library that provides a mechanish to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.
There are three methods to install libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevent1-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 libevent1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevent1-dev
Install libevent1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevent1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevent1-dev
Install libevent1-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libevent1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevent1-dev
How To Uninstall libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libevent1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevent1-dev
Uninstall libevent1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevent1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevent1-dev
Remove libevent1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libevent1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevent1-dev
Remove libevent1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevent1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevent1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
