How To Install libevent on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent on CentOS 7.
What is libevent
The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop. The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
We can use yum or dnf to install libevent on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevent.
Install libevent on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libevent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libevent
Install libevent 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 libevent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libevent
How To Uninstall libevent on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libevent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libevent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
