How to Install and Uninstall libevent1-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libevent1-dev" package

Learn how to install libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libevent1-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libevent1-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libevent1-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libevent1-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libevent1-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libevent1-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 584
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: libevent1
Version: 1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1
Depends: libevent-1.4-2 (= 1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1), libevent-core-1.4-2 (= 1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1), libevent-extra-1.4-2 (= 1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1)
Conflicts: libevent-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libevent1/libevent1-dev_1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 110550
MD5sum: c19031d989b5f169e7d6a87a9e60a0e5
SHA1: 102f2ba6e9534e86fdb20a24cbfd9bb11032e6aa
SHA256: f06208c7d580d5d99bafdf9ddb8587cf77c755db8f49bcf0106e64f57e6b5d56
Description-en: development libraries, header files and docs for libevent
Contains the header files, documentation, examples and static libraries
for use in developing applications that use the libevent library.
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The libevent library is an asynchronous event notification library
that provides a mechanish to execute a callback function when a specific
event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.
Description-md5: c8c1032e9e7f7e44de659c0e6a84a3d1
Homepage: http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu