How to Install and Uninstall youtube-dl Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "youtube-dl" package

This is a short guide on how to install youtube-dl on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall youtube-dl on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: youtube-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 2021.12.17-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Tille
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 15
Depends: yt-dlp
Recommends: aria2 | wget | curl, ca-certificates, ffmpeg, mpv | mplayer, python3-pyxattr, rtmpdump, python3-pycryptodome
Suggests: libfribidi-bin | bidiv, phantomjs
Filename: pool/universe/y/youtube-dl/youtube-dl_2021.12.17-2_all.deb
Size: 13272
MD5sum: d81ffed9312eef8eaf493549a6072d1e
SHA1: e7ee7e719ec876b880bcaed17b9132c165979907
SHA256: 598802cec76a05930865b9af18d1b6b1ce4f326cc6125959b3b3894969cbb1eb
SHA512: 41dd8382ef6a65b5b2519b73be88976dc1eb3813aefc8e460ba4bb20f887fd89e1b3a0632e935efce2773e35e711dbb25628876a33006db1c52ba42738cb7d2b
Homepage: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
Description: download videos from YouTube and other sites (transitional package)
Description-md5: 305415b7c8c12af3ab2e5afe809c0645