How To Install obs-studio 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-studio on Ubuntu.
What is obs-studio
obs-studio is:
OBS Studio is designed for efficiently recording and streaming live video content. It supports live RTP streaming to various streaming sites.
Other features include:
- Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC
- Unlimited number of scenes and sources
- File output to MP4 or FLV
- GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming
- Bilinear or lanczos3 resampling
Note that OBS Studio requires an OpenGL 3.2 compatible video card.
There are three methods to install obs-studio 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-studio 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-studio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obs-studio
Install obs-studio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obs-studio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obs-studio
Install obs-studio 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-studio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obs-studio
How To Uninstall obs-studio on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the obs-studio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obs-studio
Uninstall obs-studio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obs-studio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-studio
Remove obs-studio Configurations and Data
To remove obs-studio configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obs-studio
Remove obs-studio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obs-studio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-studio
Dependencies
obs-studio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-studio package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.