How To Install libtevent-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent-devel on CentOS 7. libtevent-devel is Developer tools for the Tevent library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libtevent-devel

Header files needed to develop programs that link against the Tevent library. Header files needed to develop programs that link against the Tevent library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtevent-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtevent-devel.

Install libtevent-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 libtevent-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtevent-devel

Install libtevent-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 libtevent-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libtevent-devel

How To Uninstall libtevent-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libtevent-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libtevent-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtevent-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.