1/3/2023 0 Comments Git it youtube![]() ![]() I just want to know how to install youtube-dl from source - if that is a reasonable thing to do given all of the above. I don't think that's unreasonable or makes me recalcitrant. That is why I have posted this question: I don't want to use something I don't don't use & don't understand because I can't maintain it. But some caution that sudo pip3 should NOT be done - rather it should be virtualenv (or something like that) instead. No idea why python is expected in /usr/bin/env.Īll the above is to address various comments made since this Q was submitted.Īnd yes, if I uninstall/remove/reverse the apt install, and delete the curl'd d/l to /usr/local/bin, I can successfully install and run youtube-dl using sudo pip3. usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directoryįor reasons unclear to me, the youtube-dl maintainers want the installation in /usr/local/bin. $ sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Using the install procedure from the youtube-dl github page yields this: $ sudo curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl And it clearly installs an old (March, 2020) version. ![]() Note that there is confusion wrt where youtube-dl is installed: /usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin. Which suggests to a newbie such as I that something is amiss. Īfter the apt installation of youtube-dl completes successfully: $ which youtube-dlīash: /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: No such file or directory Just to confirm that sudo apt-get install youtube-dl has issues: Is there anything else I should know before proceeding? I've found what appears to be a decent guide, but nothing specific for youtube-dl on Ubuntu. I've not done this on Ubuntu, and have very limited experience on any plaform. It seems that installing youtube-dl from source would be a good solution. ![]() Those issues have been resolved, but I am not:Īnd it seems the apt repository is not maintaining a current, operational version of youtube-dl, so my preferred approach won't work. I have recently had some issues installing youtube-dl on Ubuntu 20.04. ![]()
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