How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

Learn how to install libevent-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libevent-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libevent-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.12-stable-1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libevent
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1734
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)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.1.12-stable-1_amd64.deb
Size: 262008
MD5sum: 59e52cffb467fdb8de460fb6e5bbac1d
SHA1: 115a4abe5f5e553cc8504785de3ecfb1dfe9e7eb
SHA256: a3b05dd1c7a817ea3838aa025b41cafe3b2127c6dc361d293220d13b283dee90
SHA512: e451ff14047fd2e1b39367bd4f5c6acfc74ba0cf79effc105230f47e0e6e0786b4a988eb9bdfe40611350494a0e6eb08d83be0afaf4e4f13afbb2f05477617e5
Homepage: https://libevent.org/
Description-en: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Libevent is an asynchronous event notification library that provides a
mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs
on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.
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This package includes development files for compiling against libevent.
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d