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cyan holly Mar 24, 2023, 4:16 AM

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how to fix this?
and also I can't download video from youtube

viral smelt Mar 24, 2023, 4:19 AM

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cyan holly how to fix this? and also I can't download video from youtube

two questions:
Does running yt-dlp do anything atm?
Have you tried running the command you posted without sudo?

cyan holly Mar 24, 2023, 4:20 AM

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no I didn't try without sudo
and what does "atm" mean

viral smelt Mar 24, 2023, 4:21 AM

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atm = at the moment

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if you type yt-dlp, what does it say/do?

cyan holly Mar 24, 2023, 4:27 AM

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viral smelt Mar 24, 2023, 4:38 AM

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cyan holly

yt-dlp appears to be installed, you're saying it's not downloading videos?

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try running yt-dlp <URL> but replace <URL> with a youtube video link, does it download? If not, send another screenshot of what happens

cyan holly Mar 24, 2023, 4:44 AM

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Ok

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viral smelt Mar 24, 2023, 4:48 AM

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huh, that's... odd

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what does yt-dlp -U output?

cyan holly Mar 24, 2023, 4:52 AM

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viral smelt Mar 24, 2023, 4:56 AM

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It seems as though your yt-dlp install might be broken? I'd recommend uninstalling it the same way you installed it, then follow the official installation guide, use either the section that mentions using pip or using apt
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation

GitHub

Installation

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes - yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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As much as I'd like to help you out more here, I'm pretty tired so I'm about to pass out. Hope you get this sorted buddy

idle needle Mar 24, 2023, 7:30 AM

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you have got an old version of yt-dlp, you installed it from ubuntu's repos
remove it with sudo apt remove yt-dlp

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then, dont run pip with sudo. it will install python modules system wide in the same location as your package manager, which will be a headache in the future
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python#Package_management

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instead, install the latest version only for your user: pip install --user yt-dlp

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then you should have an up to date version of yt-dlp. something to keep in mind is that you have to keep it updated using pip install --user --upgrade yt-dlp

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 2:04 AM

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Should I put my username in the user ?

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 2:05 AM

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cyan holly Should I put my username in the user ?

Nope, it just means to install to your current user, rather than the full system

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The command should work exactly as listed

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 2:07 AM

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So I just need to type
"pip install --user yt-dlp"
Same this ?

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@viral smelt

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 2:08 AM

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Yup

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 2:13 AM

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what did I do wrong ?

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 2:19 AM

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idle needle you have got an old version of yt-dlp, you installed it from ubuntu's repos remo...

Did you do as Yes said here and run sudo apt remove yt-dlp first?

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 2:19 AM

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yes

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I run this command line as you said

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 2:25 AM

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Mhmm, thoughts @idle needle?
Could this be caused by the sudo pip3 install attempt? I'd say maybe try to sudo pip3 remove but I don't use much/any python so idk about the repercussions of suggesting that

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 2:36 AM

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should I remove all the pip and yt-dlp ?

dapper wraith Mar 25, 2023, 4:00 AM

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consider pip uninstall yt-dlp, if that has an error just run it with sudo

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also please note that the package name is NOT yt-dlp on pip

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it is in fact youtube-dl

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and you probably installed some typo-squatted name

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@cyan holly

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 4:02 AM

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Oh then what command should i run

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 4:02 AM

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dapper wraith it is in fact `youtube-dl`

yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl with added features iirc

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https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

GitHub

GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A youtube-dl fork with additional features ...

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes - GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes

dapper wraith Mar 25, 2023, 4:02 AM

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I don't think so? I haven't heard of it before

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lemme double check

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ah I see, nice

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ok yeah so try running this @cyan holly sudo pip uninstall yt-dlp && sudo apt remove yt-dlp && sudo apt get yt-dlp

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then it should work

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 4:05 AM

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Ok

dapper wraith Mar 25, 2023, 4:05 AM

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if you get an error about it being outdated, this likely means debian just has an outdated version, in that case we can try installing the pip version in user mode

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so it won't mess with debian libraries on the system

cyan holly Mar 25, 2023, 4:50 AM

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viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 4:55 AM

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cyan holly

Oop, appears they typo'd part of it, run sudo apt yt-dlp

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Everything else ran fine

dapper wraith Mar 25, 2023, 5:56 AM

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oh damn, yeah sorry, been a while since I used apt

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it used to work with apt get 🤔

viral smelt Mar 25, 2023, 6:52 AM

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dapper wraith it used to work with `apt get` 🤔

It's apt-get, however it's generally advised to use apt instead as apt is a wrapper for apt-get providing more features and whatnot

idle needle Mar 25, 2023, 7:15 AM

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cyan holly

you dont have ~/.local/bin in your path, which is where yt-dlp binary is installed by pip --user

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so you gotta add line PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin" to the end of your ~/.profile file

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then relogin/reboot, depending on your DM

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 4:16 AM

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idle needle so you gotta add line `PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"` to the end of your `~/.pro...

how I add this path ?
can you give me the proper line.

viral smelt Mar 26, 2023, 4:20 AM

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cyan holly how I add this path ? can you give me the proper line.

You open the .profile file inside your home, scroll to the very end of the file, add a new line with exactly PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"

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You may need to show hidden files if you can't see .profile

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 4:24 AM

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where will add this line ?

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@viral smelt

viral smelt Mar 26, 2023, 4:25 AM

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At the very bottom of your .profile (add a new line after the very last line)

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 4:44 AM

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ok

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is everything ok ?

viral smelt Mar 26, 2023, 4:48 AM

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cyan holly is everything ok ?

uhhh wait, it should be included already, just above the line you're about to add

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 4:53 AM

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which line ?

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27 ?

viral smelt Mar 26, 2023, 5:11 AM

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cyan holly which line ?

Lines 25-27 check if the path exists then includes it, yes

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 5:16 AM

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I really don't understand
you see it please I already give a Screen shot

idle needle Mar 26, 2023, 9:18 AM

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I finally see what happened.
ubuntu/mint/debian does include ~/.local/bin in PATH but only if it exists. So when you booted up, before running pip install --user yt-dlp ~/.local/bin didn't exist yet. After you ran the command however the directory was created. But because .profile is only sourced on login/boot, the ~/.local/bin wasn't added to your PATH yet.

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So, you can restore .profile to how it was before editing and simply reboot. Assuming yt-dlp is still installed like I described earlier, it should now be in your PATH and therefore work when you type yt-dlp in terminal

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I tried this in an ubuntu vm to double check and I didnt even have to reboot, logging out and logging back in had the same effect

cyan holly Mar 26, 2023, 9:44 AM

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ok

viral smelt Mar 26, 2023, 7:50 PM

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Just gonna take a moment to give props to @idle needle for the awesome advice here, thanks for the multi day endeavor of helping out getting this all sorted

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idle needle Mar 26, 2023, 8:33 PM

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viral smelt Just gonna take a moment to give props to <@182848297529114624> for the awesome ...

Likewise, and also thank you and @dapper wraith for being there to help when I wasn't able to. Unfortunately my timezone really doesn't align well with ironer's

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