How To Install obs-source-copy on Debian 12

Learn how to install obs-source-copy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. obs-source-copy is plugin for OBS Studio to copy or save scenes, sources and filters

Introduction

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

What is obs-source-copy

obs-source-copy is:

This plugin lets to copy to clipboard and paste or save to files and load scenes, sources and filters. The information is saved in JSON format.

This plugin is very useful to make backups of the scenes, sources and filters or to transport some elements between “profiles”.

There are three methods to install obs-source-copy 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-source-copy 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-source-copy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install obs-source-copy

Install obs-source-copy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install obs-source-copy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install obs-source-copy

Install obs-source-copy 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-source-copy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install obs-source-copy

How To Uninstall obs-source-copy on Debian 12

To uninstall only the obs-source-copy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove obs-source-copy

Uninstall obs-source-copy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall obs-source-copy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-source-copy

Remove obs-source-copy Configurations and Data

To remove obs-source-copy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge obs-source-copy

Remove obs-source-copy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove obs-source-copy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-source-copy

Dependencies

obs-source-copy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-source-copy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.