How to Install and Uninstall libevent-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libevent-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libevent-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libevent-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libevent-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
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: 1400
Depends: libevent-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1), libevent-core-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1), libevent-extra-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1), libevent-pthreads-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1), libevent-openssl-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 211248
MD5sum: 9541da9f6173dd163e4cf8162dcb026a
SHA1: 67051cee2f2c45e7015cadde1dd1ca86ab9ba31c
SHA256: 79ce2f9ffb37c64f92952147890bab99b8bb9d6e129a99e3d371e8bd076652cc
SHA512: 5846cf42f2c016eed25cbdba1b24c10b263821a509f637d34cf9e4a18aa5d3dcc16fbc473443697cf4d85444ff48d542564bf1c2348d3468530da7f96efb52f8
Homepage: http://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.
.
This package includes development files for compiling against libevent.
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d
Supported: 5y

Package: libevent-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 1406
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: libevent
Version: 2.0.21-stable-2
Depends: libevent-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2), libevent-core-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2), libevent-extra-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2), libevent-pthreads-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2), libevent-openssl-2.0-5 (= 2.0.21-stable-2)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevent/libevent-dev_2.0.21-stable-2_amd64.deb
Size: 210196
MD5sum: 8d499273d4eaee84341b5ac18bed4958
SHA1: 2538c075dd7d9e4ea833684dc897ae7330d0fc3f
SHA256: 5914adaead0e65c2666df56870aab5101ea95261817363cf9e4b539455d99c3b
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.
.
This package includes development files for compiling against libevent.
Description-md5: a0372b2adf9c0952b500f3fdbe22e52d
Homepage: http://libevent.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m