How to Install and Uninstall libevent-2.1-7 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libevent-2.1-7 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libevent-2.1-7" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libevent-2.1-7" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libevent-2.1-7 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libevent-2.1-7 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libevent-2.1-7
Source: libevent
Version: 2.1.12-stable-8
Installed-Size: 435
Maintainer: Nicolas Mora
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.36)
Description: Asynchronous event notification library
Description-md5: 45b333b614c8e682d2a525e278f5c233
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libevent.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-2.1-7_2.1.12-stable-8_amd64.deb
Size: 180376
MD5sum: e8081b7ba53f9b47be778804daa9a4a4
SHA256: ca8858a7095ade7776c9f73437812423a45ccd90de2079e8c34830d291df290f