How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libevent-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libevent-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the libevent-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libevent-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.12-stable-1build3
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libevent
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Balint Reczey
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1710
Depends: libevent-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1build3), libevent-core-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1build3), libevent-extra-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1build3), libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1build3), libevent-openssl-2.1-7 (= 2.1.12-stable-1build3)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.1.12-stable-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 278174
MD5sum: 5e6e4606244dc5df9fe51ba257e5d56a
SHA1: bf06401fb18431076b803ab252299d7e96f03286
SHA256: 5f5c69774381286c85f7626592cafc5f2f677e2f0f77badd8331a0090fb2e2e1
SHA512: f01721c28e8f3c051abffb2b31b6ba0744e13c37b49d6eec504b8559c4cfa58264c130af31ff5ceaa65f4f3aa65eca733487f9729300d91bce1b4d2c0872585c
Homepage: https://libevent.org/
Description: Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d