How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install youtube-dl on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                youtube-dl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "youtube-dl" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall youtube-dl on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                youtube-dl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the youtube-dl package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: youtube-dl
Version: 2019.01.17-1.1
Installed-Size: 5481
Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3:any
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg | libav-tools, mpv | mplayer, phantomjs, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: d64472f5a9a19f945542016e7e735c88
Homepage: https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
Tag: implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, network::client,
role::program, use::downloading, works-with::video
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/y/youtube-dl/youtube-dl_2019.01.17-1.1_all.deb
Size: 1027040
MD5sum: e7e55b32b751136f8772c5fa5b180fca
SHA256: 96f7b0a860782a9e7f410951436d34bb374dc494fe0ec10d80af7714e442cccd