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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "youtube-dl-git" 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-git on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                youtube-dl-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "youtube-dl-git" 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-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 868381
Name: youtube-dl-git
PackageBaseID: 57095
PackageBase: youtube-dl-git
Version: 2021.02.22.r6.g1631fca1e-1
Description: A small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites (git version)
URL: http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
NumVotes: 132
Popularity: 0.001563
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: disastro
Submitter: baskerville
FirstSubmitted: 1330341025
LastModified: 1614142404
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/youtube-dl-git.tar.gz