How to Install and Uninstall yt-dlp Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "yt-dlp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install yt-dlp on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "yt-dlp" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall yt-dlp 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 yt-dlp package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: yt-dlp
Version: 2023.03.04-1
Installed-Size: 9610
Maintainer: Unit 193
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-brotli, python3-certifi, python3-mutagen, python3-pycryptodome, python3-websockets, python3:any, python3-pkg-resources
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, mpv | mplayer, phantomjs
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: 0e12585090f3287ef0aebcb5fe62f07f
Homepage: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/y/yt-dlp/yt-dlp_2023.03.04-1_all.deb
Size: 1777736
MD5sum: 576ec316e08c7fb37a4b23cc239d815f
SHA256: f3fec8f9041a2d346bf13304780baa767ab2d2cf3a1e5c84229a51c21a3cb7e5