How to Install and Uninstall libcec-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libcec-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libcec-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcec-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcec-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libcec-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcec-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcec-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libcec-dev
Source: libcec
Version: 4.0.4+dfsg1-2
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Sjoerd Simons
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcec4 (= 4.0.4+dfsg1-2)
Description: USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (development files)
Description-md5: a90478ffeddfa2b232fd76330aacdc92
Homepage: http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcec/libcec-dev_4.0.4+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 24212
MD5sum: f9d396f5ea393f9f877eae19afb1eb77
SHA256: 205f2555aab52fb360bfcfcbe8eb6e983d8928cb8c257c14cae6a1fe8124568d