How To Install obs-cli on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-cli
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-cli
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.