1. BUILDING AND INSTALLATION
Autoconf
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make verify # (optional)
$ sudo make install
See Documentation/Building#Autoconf for more information
CMake (Windows)
Install CMake: https://www.cmake.org
$ md build && cd build
$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. # Or whatever generator you want to use cmake --help for a list.
$ start libevent.sln
See Documentation/Building#Building on Windows for more information
CMake (Unix)
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. # Default to Unix Makefiles.
$ make
$ make verify # (optional)
See Documentation/Building#Building on Unix (With CMake) for more information
2. USEFUL LINKS:
For the latest released version of Libevent, see the official website at http://libevent.org/ .
There's a pretty good work-in-progress manual up at http://www.wangafu.net/~nickm/libevent-book/ .
For the latest development versions of Libevent, access our Git repository via
$ git clone https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git
You can browse the git repository online at:
https://github.com/libevent/libevent
To report bugs, issues, or ask for new features:
Patches: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/pulls
OK, those are not really patches. You fork, modify, and hit the "Create Pull Request" button. You can still submit normal git patches via the mailing list.
Bugs, Features [RFC], and Issues: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues
Or you can do it via the mailing list.
There's also a libevent-users mailing list for talking about Libevent use and development:
http://archives.seul.org/libevent/users/
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The following people have helped with suggestions, ideas, code or fixing bugs.