How to install libevent via aptitude?

How to install libevent via aptitude? It doesn't seem to work.
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bert [Entry]

"Why don't you just build it on your own?

http://monkeydotorg/~provos/libevent-1.4.13-stable.tar.gz

Download it, then run the usual

./configure
make
sudo make install
ldconfig"

bert [Entry]

"What distribution & version are you using? According to packages.debiandotorg, that package should install the following files:

/usr/lib/libevent-1.1.so.1
/usr/lib/libevent-1.1a.so.1
/usr/lib/libevent-1.3b.so.1
/usr/lib/libevent-1.3d.so.1
/usr/lib/libevent-1.3e.so.1
/usr/lib/libevent-1.3e.so.1.0.3
/usr/lib/libevent.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libevent1/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libevent1/copyright"