How to Install and Uninstall libcec4 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libcec4" package

This tutorial shows how to install libcec4 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcec4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcec4" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libcec4 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcec4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcec4 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libcec4
Source: libcec
Version: 4.0.4+dfsg1-2
Installed-Size: 798
Maintainer: Sjoerd Simons
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libcec4v4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libp8-platform2 (>= 1.0.10), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2)
Breaks: libcec4v4
Description: USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (shared library)
Description-md5: 8fa24da000d1436d85e6a210d9640157
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcec/libcec4_4.0.4+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 207708
MD5sum: 65dc50ab4520f9bef52080451fc8e0b5
SHA256: f27c6bf1dbd605bb43dda14e815dc0675245802460f7fa5d71042ac9d06b16b3