How To Install obs-cli on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-cli on Ubuntu.
What is obs-cli
obs-cli is:
OBS-cli is a command-line remote control for Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio. It requires the obs-websocket plugin to be installed on your system.
obs-cli supports following commands:
- label countdown/text
- recording start/status/stop/toggle
- scene switch
- sceneitem center/hide/list/show/toggle
- source list/toggle-mute
- stream start/status/stop/toggle
There are three methods to install obs-cli on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install obs-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install obs-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obs-cli
Install obs-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obs-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obs-cli
Install obs-cli 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 obs-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obs-cli
How To Uninstall obs-cli on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the obs-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obs-cli
Uninstall obs-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obs-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-cli
Remove obs-cli Configurations and Data
To remove obs-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obs-cli
Remove obs-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obs-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-cli
Dependencies
obs-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-cli package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.