How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install youtube-dl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: youtube-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 2018.03.14-1ubuntu18.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5147
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg | libav-tools, mpv | mplayer, phantomjs, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Filename: pool/universe/y/youtube-dl/youtube-dl_2018.03.14-1ubuntu18.04.1_all.deb
Size: 930736
MD5sum: f4ff6b574cacc4875b2f9b7817a3e372
SHA1: 7986f24c6eb47fd0e8f08347b85961e27c2434ce
SHA256: ed41ae3a988456740f04cd85b42a16cd65efa4e8c6b78b404670776122164e0e
SHA512: 36f4afcd8cd0920999a9bb8a234409707974feeec7f26e43e08cbe2c1bbaadae2db2aaf0e363af6059d8d26c827b69948e61759928ab9512d683323716e46153
Homepage: https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: c6de50a7ee8979e219af8437464e392b
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y

Package: youtube-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 2018.03.14-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5147
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg | libav-tools, mpv | mplayer, phantomjs, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Filename: pool/universe/y/youtube-dl/youtube-dl_2018.03.14-1_all.deb
Size: 930816
MD5sum: 104c5a0cf6b607f366f31ef9fbceb589
SHA1: aa20203a42e7f0aae2c1188ff9a5988e59f61d1a
SHA256: abd133d7c350948b50016d38687b33dba7758f27c1158470e4284211840ba964
Homepage: https://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: c6de50a7ee8979e219af8437464e392b
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y