How to Install libevent-dev software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Install libevent-dev software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

libevent-dev software package provides Asynchronous event notification library (development files), you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libevent-dev 

libevent-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libevent-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libevent-dev *

You will get with libevent-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libevent-dev package basic information:

Distro Debian 7 wheezy
Section Library development
Package libevent-dev
Version 2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1
Description Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libevent-dev software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?