How To Install python3-pyatem on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-pyatem on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-pyatem is Blackmagic Design ATEM video switchers (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyatem on Debian 12.

What is python3-pyatem

python3-pyatem 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 installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-pyatem 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 python3-pyatem Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyatem using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyatem

Install python3-pyatem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyatem using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-pyatem

Install python3-pyatem 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 python3-pyatem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyatem

How To Uninstall python3-pyatem on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-pyatem package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-pyatem

Uninstall python3-pyatem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-pyatem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyatem

Remove python3-pyatem Configurations and Data

To remove python3-pyatem configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyatem

Remove python3-pyatem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-pyatem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyatem

Dependencies

python3-pyatem have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyatem package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.