How To Install libcec4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcec4
libcec4 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 libcec4
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcec4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcec4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcec4
Install libcec4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcec4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcec4
Install libcec4 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 libcec4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcec4
How To Uninstall libcec4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcec4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcec4
Uninstall libcec4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcec4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcec4
Remove libcec4 Configurations and Data
To remove libcec4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcec4
Remove libcec4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcec4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcec4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcec4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.