How To Install libevent-2.1-7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-2.1-7 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• libevent-2.1-7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-2.1-7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.