How To Install obs-websocket 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-websocket on Ubuntu.
What is obs-websocket
obs-websocket is:
A Websocket API for OBS Studio. The websocket server runs on port 4444 and the protocol is based on the OBSRemote protocol (including authentication) with some additions specific to OBS Studio.
There are three methods to install obs-websocket 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-websocket 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-websocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obs-websocket
Install obs-websocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obs-websocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obs-websocket
Install obs-websocket 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-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obs-websocket
How To Uninstall obs-websocket on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the obs-websocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obs-websocket
Uninstall obs-websocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obs-websocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-websocket
Remove obs-websocket Configurations and Data
To remove obs-websocket configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obs-websocket
Remove obs-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obs-websocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-websocket
Dependencies
obs-websocket have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-websocket package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.