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Install-Update-Youtube-dl Linux Mint
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| # This is a simple script for install youtube-dl and creating a script in /etc/cron.daily | |
| # to automatically update youtube-dl on a daily basis. | |
| # can be executed with: | |
| # sudo su -c "bash <(wget -qO- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jonath92/0f6bf4606bc8a34be1bb0826c99b73d1/raw/914aabe6c4b15dc614f18c8816f5ad2828755c22/install-Update-Youtube-dl.sh)" root | |
| # Remove apt version to prevent conflicts | |
| apt purge -y youtube-dl | |
| # Fix python not found error https://askubuntu.com/a/1149489/1013434 | |
| ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python | |
| # Install youtube-dl | |
| # https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#installation | |
| curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl | |
| chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl | |
| # create script for daily update | |
| UPDATE_PATH="/etc/cron.daily/update_youtube_dl" | |
| touch ${UPDATE_PATH} | |
| echo "#! /bin/sh" > ${UPDATE_PATH} | |
| echo "youtube-dl --update" >> ${UPDATE_PATH} | |
| chmod +x ${UPDATE_PATH} | |
| # To uninstall youtube-dl run: | |
| # sudo rm /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl /etc/cron.daily/update_youtube_dl | |
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For those having problems with
youtube-dl, there's already a script to useyt-dlphere:https://gist.github.com/jonath92/039e998b3d3f6ba4afd5d5c671eaedf1
Then right click Radio++ icon >
Configure, go toPreferencestab and chooseyt-dlpas the CLI tool.Make sure the
Download directoryexists, I had to create the folderRadioor else it would fail.