How To Install libev on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev on CentOS 7. libev is High-performance event loop/event model with lots of features

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev on CentOS 7.

What is libev

Libev is modeled (very loosely) after libevent and the Event Perl module, but is faster, scales better and is more correct, and also more featureful. And also smaller.

We can use yum or dnf to install libev on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libev.

Install libev on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libev

Install libev on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libev

How To Uninstall libev on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libev on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.