I’m on Linux Mint, and the installation manager called Apt has me on a version of yt-dlp from March. Maybe there are arguments that will force it to install more recent experimental builds or something? I just don’t know what to look for. I’m more of a Windows refugee than someone who wants to make Linux my hobby, you know?
For sure. Definitely the reason I haven’t switched to Linux yet. I’m sure there’s some way to force it to pick up the latest version, some Linux comrade will come in here at some point and tell us what that command is lol
I think that only applies if you’ve compiled it from source? System insists that since it is installed with apt, it must be updated with an apt command. But apt can’t seem to understand that there are stable versions later than March, and I don’t know how to teach it.
I’m not sure what the best solution will be for you. I think you can enable a 3rd-party repository that contains the most up-to-date version of yt-dlp.
It’s been discussed in the Mint forums, but they block my VPN from accessing the site :)
If you are curious, this is how I use yt-dlp. Effort-post incoming, beware, and bare with me. It might seem complicated but I tried my best to simplify.
You can use CTRL+O and CTRL+X to save and then quit.
chmod +x $HOME/.local/bin/yt-dlp (give yourself permission to eXecute the command)
Now any time you run yt-dlp from the terminal, it will search all of those directories inside $PATH until it finds yt-dlp. It will find your custom script, and correctly run the python venv’s version of yt-dlp with any of the arguments you supplied.
If you noticed and are curious, yt-dlp inside of $HOME/.local/bin/yt-dlp doesn’t cause an infinite loop of it calling itself over and over again. Why? Because when you do source$HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin/activate, it changes your $PATH!
Thank you, I found this way before I saw your reply, although I have to sudo to run this installation of yt-dlp, which seems not ideal from a security perspective:
Since you went to the effort and I do want to understand my system better, I will study your explanation closely even though my video downloading woes are solved.
I’m on Linux Mint, and the installation manager called Apt has me on a version of yt-dlp from March. Maybe there are arguments that will force it to install more recent experimental builds or something? I just don’t know what to look for. I’m more of a Windows refugee than someone who wants to make Linux my hobby, you know?
For sure. Definitely the reason I haven’t switched to Linux yet. I’m sure there’s some way to force it to pick up the latest version, some Linux comrade will come in here at some point and tell us what that command is lol
I use the python module instead for this reason, but I think this is what you have to do to update yt-dlp when it’s installed from apt:
sudo yt-dlp -UI think that only applies if you’ve compiled it from source? System insists that since it is installed with apt, it must be updated with an apt command. But apt can’t seem to understand that there are stable versions later than March, and I don’t know how to teach it.
I’m not sure what the best solution will be for you. I think you can enable a 3rd-party repository that contains the most up-to-date version of yt-dlp.
It’s been discussed in the Mint forums, but they block my VPN from accessing the site :)
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=450307
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=440928
If you are curious, this is how I use
yt-dlp. Effort-post incoming, beware, and bare with me. It might seem complicated but I tried my best to simplify.When I run
echo $PATHon my system, I see this:username@somepc:~$ echo $PATH /var/home/username/.local/bin:/var/home/username/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbinYour PATH might look more like
/home/username/.local/bin.* If it does not include a
/.local/bin, maybe send me your$PATHand I can recommend a substitution instead.What this means, is that any EXECUTABLE inside these directories will be executed if typed from the command line.
So in order, you do this (yes, literally,
$HOME, the terminal will convert that to your home directory):python3 -m venv "$HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv"(create a virtual space forpython3outside ofapt)source $HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin/activate(toggle the virtual space forpython3for the duration of the current terminal window)python3 -m pip install yt-dlp(installyt-dlpmodule inside the virtual space)nano $HOME/.local/bin/yt-dlp, paste this inside:#!/usr/bin/env bash source $HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin/activate pip install --upgrade yt-dlp yt-dlp "$@"You can use
CTRL+OandCTRL+Xto save and then quit.chmod +x $HOME/.local/bin/yt-dlp(give yourself permission to eXecute the command)Now any time you run
yt-dlpfrom the terminal, it will search all of those directories inside$PATHuntil it findsyt-dlp. It will find your custom script, and correctly run the pythonvenv’s version ofyt-dlpwith any of the arguments you supplied.If you noticed and are curious,
yt-dlpinside of$HOME/.local/bin/yt-dlpdoesn’t cause an infinite loop of it calling itself over and over again. Why? Because when you dosource $HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin/activate, it changes your$PATH!(yt-dlp-venv) username@somepc:~$ echo $PATH /var/home/username/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin:/var/home/username/.local/bin:/var/home/username/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbinBecause the real
yt-dlpexists inside$HOME/.local/yt-dlp-venv/bin, it finds the executable first instead of the one inside$HOME/.local/binThank you, I found this way before I saw your reply, although I have to
sudoto run this installation of yt-dlp, which seems not ideal from a security perspective:Since you went to the effort and I do want to understand my system better, I will study your explanation closely even though my video downloading woes are solved.
Nice! Can you send me this command’s output?
ls -la /usr/local/bin/yt-dlpI wonder if it’s just the permissions that are jacked up
-rwxrwxr-x 1 [device name appears 2x] 3072469 Aug 19 18:48 /usr/local/bin/yt-dlpI don’t know what the strings of letters or numbers mean. The date appears to be the yt-dlp version, than after that its directory.