How To Install openswitcher-proxy on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openswitcher-proxy on Debian 12.
What is openswitcher-proxy
openswitcher-proxy is:
Open Switcher is a control application for the Blackmagic Design ATEM video switchers. These are normally controlled with the propriatary Windows or Osx application over a network connection. In some cases it’s also possible to control these switchers using hardware buttons but that doesn’t expose the full functionality of these mixers.
Switcher Control is a re-implementation that aims to be as close to the supported features of ATEM Software Control as possible. Getting to 100% compatibility would be quite hard since it exposes quite a lot of extra functionalities for specific models of mixers which would be technically difficult to implement or hard to do due to lack of access to the more expensive hardware.
This package contains OpenSwitcher Proxy. OpenSwitcher Proxy is a daemon that acts as a reverse proxy for the ATEM network protocol. It adds a layer of authentication on top with the custom TCP protocol to safely run the protocol over the Internet.
The proxy also supports connecting the ATEM system to other protocols like MIDI and MQTT for integrating in a larger production environment.
There are three methods to install openswitcher-proxy 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 openswitcher-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openswitcher-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openswitcher-proxy
Install openswitcher-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openswitcher-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openswitcher-proxy
Install openswitcher-proxy 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 openswitcher-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openswitcher-proxy
How To Uninstall openswitcher-proxy on Debian 12
To uninstall only the openswitcher-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openswitcher-proxy
Uninstall openswitcher-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openswitcher-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openswitcher-proxy
Remove openswitcher-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove openswitcher-proxy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openswitcher-proxy
Remove openswitcher-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openswitcher-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openswitcher-proxy
Dependencies
openswitcher-proxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openswitcher-proxy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
