How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libevent-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libevent-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libevent-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libevent-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libevent-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libevent-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libevent-dev
Source: libevent
Version: 2.1.8-stable-4
Installed-Size: 1692
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libevent-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4), libevent-core-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4), libevent-extra-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4), libevent-pthreads-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4), libevent-openssl-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4)
Description: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d
Homepage: http://libevent.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program,
works-with::software:running
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.1.8-stable-4_amd64.deb
Size: 304372
MD5sum: f26b4298d688dcc32d5a733df7809afe
SHA256: 325b976b2de07b766d0c13e71e9c501a2a6dfed1a59e8e424ce1ca8cec44e658