$ yt-dlp --version
2023.07.06
$ apt search yt-dlp
Sorting... Done
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youtubedl-gui/stable 3.0-2 amd64
  GUI on yt-dlp (ie, youtube-dl) to download videos from a variety of sites

yt-dlp/stable,now 2023.03.04-1 all [installed]
  downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
$ ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp -U
Available version: stable@2023.10.13, Current version: stable@2023.07.06
Current Build Hash: 0556fff82db6c942a5dfbb9583e2896013847b28b95186b3800f730a8d5e0c0a
Updating to stable@2023.10.13 ...
Updated yt-dlp to stable@2023.10.13

Hurrah!

Thanks swanson.

works.

alexkemp wrote:

Use "yt-dlp". Seems old (March) but is actually upto date & works fine.

I've got to amend my own advice.

The Repository version of yt-dlp is still stuck at March & I found recently that YT has managed to throw another spanner into it's works, stopping it from downloading. I placed the GitHub linux version into .local/bin & it throws up errors but does get the job done:

$ /usr/bin/yt-dlp --version
2023.03.04
$ ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp --version
2023.07.06

Only two other options come to mind, use different distro, compile from source

By different distro, I mean one that is compatible with AUR.

Artix, Obarun, something?

I doubt anyone in their right mind would pick a systemdumb arch derivative though.

Use "yt-dlp". Seems old (March) but is actually upto date & works fine.

I've got to amend my own advice.

The Repository version of yt-dlp is still stuck at March & I found recently that YT has managed to throw another spanner into it's works, stopping it from downloading. I placed the GitHub linux version into .local/bin & it throws up errors but does get the job done:

$ /usr/bin/yt-dlp --version
2023.03.04
$ ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp --version
2023.07.06

youtube-dl has been having a lot of update problems lately which has forced me to switch to yt-dlp which in my personal experience so far has been much better.

Regards

Agree completely, the first youtube-dl is lagging behind.

We can thank the good ol people at the RIAA for that.

Obviously sarcasm ;P

We shouldn't thank them, we should troll them.

Use "yt-dlp". Seems old (March) but is actually upto date & works fine.

Yes, it worked. Thanks.

Use "yt-dlp". Seems old (March) but is actually upto date & works fine.

Latest release was July 6.

# youtube-dl -U
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2021.12.17)

Meaning that the dev has now resumed work on this project.

I'm using a different method of keeping yt-dl current. After installing via apt, somebody advised me to "overwrite" (re-link) the executable with a later version and then use the -U functionality (as root!) to keep said executable at the latest version. I can't recall ATM where I got it from, maybe on these forums?

Not pretty, but it works

hevidevi wrote:

i used pip to install it which should give the latest version.

The version in the Repository is identical to that currently available under GitHub (I checked before install). In addition, yt-dlp -U will auto-update (just like youtube-dl) and without any of that local-bin nonsense - I have two youtube-dl's because of delays in Jessie updates, but have fixed that in Chimaera by making use of backports.

good to know alexkemp. Ive alway used pip to stay up to date with youtube-dl,(now yt-dlp).. just my preference.

i used pip to install it which should give the latest version.

The version in the Repository is identical to that currently available under GitHub (I checked before install). In addition, yt-dlp -U will auto-update (just like youtube-dl) and without any of that local-bin nonsense - I have two youtube-dl's because of delays in Jessie updates, but have fixed that in Chimaera by making use of backports.

I just used Synaptic to install yt-dlp from Devuan repository (under Chimaera, using stable-backports). Problem solved. After all, all these weeks later youtube-dl has still not fixed the slowdown-issue (yt-dlp has fixed it, as have others).

ha, just found this out today myself and can confirm yt-dlp has better speeds than youtube-dl, must be something to do with API.

i used pip to install it which should give the latest version.

pip3 install yt-dlp --user

need to make sure $HOME/.local/bin is on your $PATH

Ron wrote:

that is how it is listed on the websites

No it isn't. Read the site you have linked again — it installs the script to /usr/local/bin/, which would need sudo, but you have installed it to ~/.local/bin/, which does not need sudo.

I see. I made an assumption when I made my first post in this thread (I have deleted the assumed part lest it cause problems for anybody who may read it and try it). Sorry to all. I do the installation as posted on the website (the image in my post above). I did not know this other way to install. Thanks to HoaS for (knowingly or unknowingly) pointing out my assumption.