How To Install libuev on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuev on Fedora 34.

What is `libuev`

libuEv is a small event loop that wraps the Linux epoll() family of APIs. It is similar to the more established libevent, libev and the venerable Xt(3) event loop. The µ in the name refers to both its limited feature set and the size impact of the library. libuev 2.3.2 1.fc34 x86_64 24 k libuev-2.3.2-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Simple event loop for Linux https MIT libuEv is a small event loop that wraps the Linux epoll() family of APIs. It is similar to the more established libevent, libev and the venerable Xt(3) event loop. The µ in the name refers to both its limited feature set and the size impact of the library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libuev on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libuev.

Install libuev on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libuev

Install libuev on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libuev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuev

How To Uninstall libuev on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libuev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libuev

libuev Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/5d8e9b8e5d5c515059c655778c69bceb8e3fda
/usr/lib/libuev.so.2
/usr/lib/libuev.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libuev
/usr/share/doc/libuev/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuev/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/doc/libuev/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libuev/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuev
/usr/share/licenses/libuev/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/e8b14ccafe334081501c4c3ed33ad26b3fd382
/usr/lib64/libuev.so.2
/usr/lib64/libuev.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libuev
/usr/share/doc/libuev/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuev/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/doc/libuev/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libuev/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuev
/usr/share/licenses/libuev/LICENSE

References

[libuev website](https://github.com/troglobit/libuev https://github.com/troglobit/libuev)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuev on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.