How To Install libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12.
What is libevent-2.1-7
libevent-2.1-7 is:
Libevent is an asynchronous event notification library that provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.
It is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event driven network servers. Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), event ports, select(2), poll(2) and epoll(4).
For backward compatibility and to transition to “libevent_core only” or “libevent_core + libevent_extra”, the libevent source package builds the libevent library that includes everything in libevent_core and libevent_extra.
There are three methods to install libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevent-2.1-7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevent-2.1-7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevent-2.1-7
Install libevent-2.1-7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevent-2.1-7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevent-2.1-7
Install libevent-2.1-7 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libevent-2.1-7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevent-2.1-7
How To Uninstall libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libevent-2.1-7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevent-2.1-7
Uninstall libevent-2.1-7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevent-2.1-7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevent-2.1-7
Remove libevent-2.1-7 Configurations and Data
To remove libevent-2.1-7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevent-2.1-7
Remove libevent-2.1-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevent-2.1-7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevent-2.1-7
Dependencies
libevent-2.1-7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-2.1-7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.