How to Install and Uninstall libcec6 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libcec6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libcec6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcec6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcec6" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcec6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcec6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcec6 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libcec6
Source: libcec
Version: 6.0.2-2
Installed-Size: 766
Maintainer: Sjoerd Simons
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libp8-platform2 (>= 1.0.10), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2)
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/libcec6_6.0.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 214140
MD5sum: 69d4ff058a993b41e627e39c5d3f1d15
SHA256: f1da7766acb274fe1e85fea01ed944d94c148340463f0a33362555bc5bc5f5db