How to Install and Uninstall libcec-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

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1. Install "libcec-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libcec-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcec-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcec-dev
Source: libcec
Version: 6.0.2-5
Installed-Size: 142
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcec6 (= 6.0.2-5)
Description: USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (development files)
Description-md5: a90478ffeddfa2b232fd76330aacdc92
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcec/libcec-dev_6.0.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 23152
MD5sum: 8b1feaf685c113016dcee3784ae1eba6
SHA256: 75ccd0654e4cf1531dacfba1483ddeff66e8548aacc3437a98e9b2e096fc0bc2