source: networking/netlibs/libevent.xml@ 5bffe1dd

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    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libevent-&libevent-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libevent">
    <primary sortas="a-libevent">Libevent</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Libevent</title>

    <para>
      <application>Libevent</application> is an asynchronous event notification
      software library. The Libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a
      callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or
      after a timeout has been reached. Furthermore, Libevent also supports
      callbacks due to signals or regular timeouts.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libevent-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libevent-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libevent-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libevent-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libevent-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Libevent Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="openssl"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libevent"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libevent</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Libevent</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not have a working testsuite
    </para>

    <!-- <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para> -->

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>event_rpcgen.py</seg>
        <seg>
          libevent_core.so,
          libevent_extra.so,
          libevent_openssl.so,
          libevent_pthreads.so and
          libevent.so
        </seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/event2</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <!-- Who knows what these things do?
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      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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            does this .....
          </para>
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            <primary sortas="b-event_rpcgen.py">event_rpcgen.py</primary>
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      <varlistentry id="libevent_core">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_core.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that .....
          </para>
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            <primary sortas="c-libevent_core">libevent_core.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

      <varlistentry id="libevent_extra">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_extra.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that .....
          </para>
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            <primary sortas="c-libevent_extra">libevent_extra.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

      <varlistentry id="libevent_openssl">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_openssl.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that .....
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_openssl">
            <primary sortas="c-libevent_openssl">libevent_openssl.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

      <varlistentry id="libevent_pthreads">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent_pthreads.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that .....
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libevent libevent_pthreads">
            <primary sortas="c-libevent_pthreads">libevent_pthreads.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

      <varlistentry id="libevent-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevent.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that .....
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libevent libevent-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libevent">libevent.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
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  </sect2>
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