How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libevent-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libevent-dev
Source: libevent
Version: 2.1.12-stable-1
Installed-Size: 1765
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libevent-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1), libevent-core-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1), libevent-extra-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1), libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1), libevent-openssl-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1)
Description: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d
Homepage: https://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_2.1.12-stable-1_amd64.deb
Size: 311320
MD5sum: 4f2400147fba0a4cd5ace44b221836f9
SHA256: c116f80206c9610abb56f0e600ce1181dc3e6e775f257e767648a27f922e837f