How to Install libcec3 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libcec3 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libcec3 software package provides USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (shared library), 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 libcec3 

libcec3 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcec3 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcec3 *

You will get with libcec3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcec3 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package libcec3
Version 3.0.1+dfsg2-9build1
Description USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (shared library)
Sub Section Libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcec3 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?