ytdownloader on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "ytdownloader" 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 ytdownloader on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                ytdownloader
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall ytdownloader on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1331839
Name: ytdownloader
PackageBaseID: 173291
PackageBase: ytdownloader
Version: 1.4.5-1
Description: GKT3 frontend for yt-dlp (the active branch of youtube-dl) with focus on best audio and video. Uses ffmpeg for joining audio & video
URL: https://github.com/kanehekili/YoutubeDownloader
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kanehekili
Submitter: kanehekili
FirstSubmitted: 1637444020
LastModified: 1696974080
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ytdownloader.tar.gz