How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install youtube-dl on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall youtube-dl on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: youtube-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 2020.03.24-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5572
Depends: python3-pkg-resources, python3:any
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg | libav-tools, mpv | mplayer, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump
Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, phantomjs
Filename: pool/universe/y/youtube-dl/youtube-dl_2020.03.24-1_all.deb
Size: 1000104
MD5sum: 0ca56dced2bd08cd51c646153675ac42
SHA1: 0e9440ac546db0f40f84df09e94367906f1f0df3
SHA256: cbf25d1ef264dbc49af61e52e769e6f26d6e31a0796c1b02402102904d6c68d9
Homepage: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
Description: downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites
Description-md5: 3ed8afd5cf4fe9cfd1f41476f639bef4
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop