How To Install libevent-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libevent-devel
This package contains the header files, static libraries and development documentation for libevent. If you like to develop programs using libevent, you will need to install libevent-devel. This package contains the header files, static libraries and development documentation for libevent. If you like to develop programs using libevent, you will need to install libevent-devel.
We can use yum or dnf to install libevent-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevent-devel.
Install libevent-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libevent-devel
Install libevent-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libevent-devel
How To Uninstall libevent-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libevent-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libevent-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
