How To Install libcec6 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec6
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcec6
libcec6 is:
This library provides support for the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter and other CEC capable hardware, like the Raspberry Pi.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libcec6
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcec6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcec6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcec6
Install libcec6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcec6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcec6
Install libcec6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcec6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcec6
How To Uninstall libcec6 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcec6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcec6
Uninstall libcec6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcec6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcec6
Remove libcec6 Configurations and Data
To remove libcec6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcec6
Remove libcec6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcec6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcec6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec6
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.