How To Install libcec on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec on Fedora 36.
What is libcec
libCEC allows you in combination with the right hardware to control your device with your TV remote control over your existing HDMI cabling. libCEC is an enabling platform for the CEC bus in HDMI, it allows developers to interact with other HDMI devices without having to worry about the communication overhead, handshaking, and the various ways of send messages for each vendor.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcec on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcec.
Install libcec on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcec
Install libcec on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcec
How To Uninstall libcec on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the libcec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcec
libcec Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/cec-client
/usr/bin/cecc-client
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/99ba113fa6ae1980ebb1951d1e02cccb783b3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/dbe0f91d7ad3f95c5ab9480f0f8dcbd551841e
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/f0747082a4f1d71ae9e3d475278b62871eb5b7
/usr/lib64/libcec.so.6
/usr/lib64/libcec.so.6.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libcec
/usr/share/doc/libcec/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libcec
/usr/share/licenses/libcec/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
title: “How To Install libcec on Fedora 36” linkTitle: “libcec” type: “docs” description: “In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec in Fedora 36. libcec is Library and utilities for HDMI-CEC device control” date: “2022-08-17” lastmod: “2022-08-17” #image: /images/fedora/36/libcec-featured.png
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec on Fedora 36.
What is libcec
libCEC allows you in combination with the right hardware to control your device with your TV remote control over your existing HDMI cabling. libCEC is an enabling platform for the CEC bus in HDMI, it allows developers to interact with other HDMI devices without having to worry about the communication overhead, handshaking, and the various ways of send messages for each vendor.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcec on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcec.
Install libcec on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcec
Install libcec on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcec
How To Uninstall libcec on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the libcec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcec
libcec Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/cec-client
/usr/bin/cecc-client
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/7cd1aa27d8f15057865cd4a2d815d0fc135a34
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/ccbc37ab90c69b4d42d82a1721da8de73ab78f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/230492ed949c251e863f7cdc074e4dcaf2c99f
/usr/lib/libcec.so.6
/usr/lib/libcec.so.6.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libcec
/usr/share/doc/libcec/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libcec
/usr/share/licenses/libcec/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).