python2-youtube-dl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "python2-youtube-dl" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install python2-youtube-dl on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S python2-youtube-dl

* (Optional) Uninstall python2-youtube-dl on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns python2-youtube-dl

2. Manually Install "python2-youtube-dl" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone python2-youtube-dl's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/python2-youtube-dl.git ~/python2-youtube-dl

c. Go to ~/python2-youtube-dl folder and install it

$ cd ~/python2-youtube-dl $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the python2-youtube-dl package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 635263
Name: python2-youtube-dl
PackageBaseID: 101062
PackageBase: python2-youtube-dl
Version: 2019.08.02-1
Description: A small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites
URL: http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Huulivoide
FirstSubmitted: 1443727347
LastModified: 1565077513
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/python2-youtube-dl.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions