1 下载地址:http://libevent.org/
2、解压
tar zxvf libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz
安装前请先安装 gcc
yum install gcc
3、配置安装路径
cd libevent-2.0.21-stable
./configure -prefix=/usr
4、编译并安装
make
make install
5、测试libevent是否安装成功：
# ls -al /usr/lib | grep libevent
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[root@test01 libevent]# ls -al /usr/lib | grep libevent
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Mar 12 11:37 libevent-2.1.so.6 -> libevent-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1128428 Mar 12 11:37 libevent-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1817376 Mar 12 11:37 libevent.a
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_core-2.1.so.6 -> libevent_core-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 722364 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_core-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1194526 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_core.a
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 978 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_core.la
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_core.so -> libevent_core-2.1.so.6.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_extra-2.1.so.6 -> libevent_extra-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 426282 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_extra-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 622922 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_extra.a
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 985 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_extra.la
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_extra.so -> libevent_extra-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 943 Mar 12 11:37 libevent.la
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 29 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6 -> libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 100243 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 139610 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_openssl.a
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1005 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_openssl.la
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 29 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_openssl.so -> libevent_openssl-2.1.so.6.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 30 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 -> libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 18478 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6.0.2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18686 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_pthreads.a
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1006 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_pthreads.la
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 30 Mar 12 11:37 libevent_pthreads.so -> libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Mar 12 11:37 libevent.so -> libevent-2.1.so.6.0.2
原文地址：https://www.cnblogs.com/Samuel-Leung/p/10515709.html