How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libevent-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libevent-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libevent-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.8-stable-4build1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libevent
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1647
Depends: libevent-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4build1), libevent-core-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4build1), libevent-extra-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4build1), libevent-pthreads-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4build1), libevent-openssl-2.1-6 (= 2.1.8-stable-4build1)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.1.8-stable-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 261128
MD5sum: c4f764a954a773af57a7bef1f3b44f89
SHA1: 3f7ca8886ea65a8b0b7fda1f662b5ccee4a0bd4b
SHA256: feaf2d48ba708fd162640bc82a1194a9115fedf69a1be1720b4e99012f2900a7
Homepage: http://libevent.org/
Description: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d
Supported: 5y