How To Install libevent-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevent-devel on CentOS 8.
What is libevent-devel
This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with libevent. This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with libevent.
We can use yum or dnf to install libevent-devel on CentOS 8. 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 8 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 8 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 8
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 8 using yum and dnf.