How to Install libevent1-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libevent1-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libevent1-dev software package provides development libraries, header files and docs for libevent, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libevent1-dev 

libevent1-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libevent1-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libevent1-dev *

You will get with libevent1-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libevent1-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libevent1-dev
Version 1.4.14b-stable-0ubuntu1
Description development libraries, header files and docs for libevent
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libevent1-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?