How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libevent-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libevent-dev

2. Uninstall "libevent-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libevent-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):

$ sudo apt remove libevent-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libevent-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libevent-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.12-stable-9
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libevent
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nicolas Mora
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1692
Depends: libevent-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-9), libevent-core-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-9), libevent-extra-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-9), libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-9), libevent-openssl-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-9)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.1.12-stable-9_amd64.deb
Size: 273168
MD5sum: aeaaae28d0e953e39cde8688e5e07774
SHA1: abfa471a65dfb8b498353e5096e9010e61178b08
SHA256: efdeb087e986fe98d082f409a3a1501f1a875ea68f2ebeeee7128aed976ec25a
SHA512: 19160ffe29159c1bb4ca035dfc82cac436c3a1ffdee12e788b30d203a13c8f739bf1b63078cf46f9fa57c0e11bc1967d1c062055c0b6a006c364b40af81f2c83
Homepage: https://libevent.org/
Description: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d