How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

This tutorial shows how to install youtube-dl on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall youtube-dl on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: youtube-dl
Version: 2021.06.06-1
Installed-Size: 5942
Maintainer: Andreas Tille
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3:any
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg, mpv | mplayer, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, phantomjs
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: d2630a35454ff6538350d6d320885125
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_2021.06.06-1_all.deb
Size: 1129136
MD5sum: 06901d643c886229e59c50e5da1f4df2
SHA256: 5e29786060c4f273bb5d96d3b40a25a54255928cc9a48093b3632c40eb32605a