youtube-dl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 31,2024

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

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install youtube-dl on Arch using YAY

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

2. Manually Install "youtube-dl" via AUR

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone youtube-dl's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/youtube-dl.git 
            
                        
                ~/youtube-dl
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/youtube-dl folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/youtube-dl
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the youtube-dl package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1313601
Name: youtube-dl
PackageBaseID: 197307
PackageBase: youtube-dl
Version: 2021.12.17-2
Description: A command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites
URL: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
NumVotes: 31
Popularity: 5.927316
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tarball
Submitter: gromit
FirstSubmitted: 1693824997
LastModified: 1693824997
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/youtube-dl.tar.gz