How To Install libobs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobs-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libobs-dev
libobs-dev is:
OBS Studio is designed for efficiently recording and streaming live video content. It supports live RTP streaming to various streaming sites.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libobs-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libobs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libobs-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libobs-dev
Install libobs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libobs-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libobs-dev
Install libobs-dev 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 libobs-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libobs-dev
How To Uninstall libobs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libobs-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libobs-dev
Uninstall libobs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libobs-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libobs-dev
Remove libobs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libobs-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libobs-dev
Remove libobs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libobs-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libobs-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobs-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.