How To Install libtevent-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent-dev on Debian 10.
What is libtevent-dev
libtevent-dev is:
tevent is a simple library that can handle the main event loop for an application. It supports three kinds of events: timed events, file descriptors becoming readable or writable and signals.
Talloc is used for memory management, both internally and for private data provided by users of the library.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libtevent-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtevent-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtevent-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtevent-dev
Install libtevent-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtevent-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtevent-dev
Install libtevent-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libtevent-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtevent-dev
How To Uninstall libtevent-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtevent-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtevent-dev
Uninstall libtevent-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtevent-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtevent-dev
Remove libtevent-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtevent-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtevent-dev
Remove libtevent-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtevent-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtevent-dev
Dependencies
libtevent-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.