How To Install libev on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libev.

Install libev 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libev

Install libev 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libev

How To Uninstall libev on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libev

libev Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/dd1e84d2637b34c0844518e0007db715f5f80c
/usr/lib64/libev.so.4
/usr/lib64/libev.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libev
/usr/share/doc/libev/Changes
/usr/share/doc/libev/README
/usr/share/licenses/libev
/usr/share/licenses/libev/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/4ceb3052aaedf32e4eaa37cc27a2593552989b
/usr/lib/libev.so.4
/usr/lib/libev.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libev
/usr/share/doc/libev/Changes
/usr/share/doc/libev/README
/usr/share/licenses/libev
/usr/share/licenses/libev/LICENSE

References

libev website

Summary

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