How To Install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libtevent
Tevent is an event system based on the talloc memory management library. Tevent has support for many event types, including timers, signals, and the classic file descriptor events. Tevent also provide helpers to deal with asynchronous code providing the tevent_req (Tevent Request) functions.
We can use yum or dnf to install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtevent.
Install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libtevent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libtevent
Install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libtevent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libtevent
How To Uninstall libtevent on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libtevent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libtevent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.