How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the youtube-dl on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

Please follow the steps below to install youtube-dl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall youtube-dl on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the youtube-dl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: youtube-dl
Version: 2021.12.17-2
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Andreas Tille
Architecture: all
Depends: yt-dlp
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg, mpv | mplayer, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump, python3-pycryptodome
Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, phantomjs
Description: download videos from YouTube and other sites (transitional package)
Description-md5: 305415b7c8c12af3ab2e5afe809c0645
Homepage: https://ytdl-org.github.io/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_2021.12.17-2_all.deb
Size: 77008
MD5sum: cce8cb5fd9508f18be7fe0f6218a5549
SHA256: 028d5b94b18451d2e2fe8934f7b8899002f8775883e136532de8cf6d49483866