How To Install obs-studio on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-studio on Kali Linux.
What is obs-studio
obs-studio is:
OBS Studio is designed for efficiently recording and streaming live video content. It supports live RTP streaming to various streaming sites.
Other features include:
- Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC
- Unlimited number of scenes and sources
- File output to MP4 or FLV
- GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming
- Bilinear or lanczos3 resampling
Note that OBS Studio requires an OpenGL 3.2 compatible video card.
There are three methods to install obs-studio on Kali Linux. 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-studio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install obs-studio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obs-studioInstall obs-studio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install obs-studio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obs-studioInstall obs-studio Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install obs-studio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obs-studioHow To Uninstall obs-studio on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the obs-studio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obs-studioUninstall obs-studio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obs-studio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-studioRemove obs-studio Configurations and Data
To remove obs-studio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obs-studioRemove obs-studio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obs-studio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-studioDependencies
obs-studio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-studio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.