How to Install and Uninstall cec-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cec-utils on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cec-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cec-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cec-utils
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "cec-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cec-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cec-utils
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the cec-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cec-utils
Source: libcec
Version: 6.0.2-5
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcec6 (= 6.0.2-5), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncurses6 (>= 6), libp8-platform2 (>= 1.0.10), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (utility programs)
Description-md5: 1cada05ded3a092df64a7f10e4b34be9
Homepage: http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/
Tag: uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcec/cec-utils_6.0.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 30988
MD5sum: 8a905836c63611b048e1efaeea1c0b58
SHA256: c321e6ad6b258423f8ab64d869d25e9f155ef727c89e3fdc74c5ae08570de4d7