How to Install libcec-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libcec-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libcec-dev software package provides USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libcec-dev 

libcec-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcec-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcec-dev *

You will get with libcec-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcec-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libcec-dev
Version 3.0.1+dfsg2-9build1
Description USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (development files)
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcec-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?