How To Install obs-cli on Debian 12

Learn how to install obs-cli on Debian 12 with this tutorial. obs-cli is command-line remote control for OBS Studio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-cli on Debian 12.

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 Debian 12. 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 Debian. 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 Debian 12

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 Debian 12, 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 Debian 12 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 Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.