yt-dlg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "yt-dlg" 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 yt-dlg on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall yt-dlg on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "yt-dlg" 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 yt-dlg's git locally


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


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

ID: 1224434
Name: yt-dlg
PackageBaseID: 172796
PackageBase: yt-dlg
Version: 1.8.5-1
Description: A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular yt-dlp written in wxPython (maintained fork of youtube-dl-gui)
URL: https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Gr3q
Submitter: Gr3q
FirstSubmitted: 1636198268
LastModified: 1678525390
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yt-dlg.tar.gz