How To Install obs-plugin-looking-glass on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-plugin-looking-glass on Debian 12.
What is obs-plugin-looking-glass
obs-plugin-looking-glass is:
LookingGlass enables you to use shared memory to pass rendered frames from a virtual machine back to the host system.
This package adds a source plugin for OBS Studio which allows recording the looking-glass host session directly from the shared memory.
There are three methods to install obs-plugin-looking-glass 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-plugin-looking-glass 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-plugin-looking-glass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obs-plugin-looking-glass
Install obs-plugin-looking-glass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obs-plugin-looking-glass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obs-plugin-looking-glass
Install obs-plugin-looking-glass 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-plugin-looking-glass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obs-plugin-looking-glass
How To Uninstall obs-plugin-looking-glass on Debian 12
To uninstall only the obs-plugin-looking-glass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obs-plugin-looking-glass
Uninstall obs-plugin-looking-glass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obs-plugin-looking-glass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-plugin-looking-glass
Remove obs-plugin-looking-glass Configurations and Data
To remove obs-plugin-looking-glass configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obs-plugin-looking-glass
Remove obs-plugin-looking-glass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obs-plugin-looking-glass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-plugin-looking-glass
Dependencies
obs-plugin-looking-glass have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-plugin-looking-glass package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
