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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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I believe you simply downloaded the file to ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp, you did not install it. You need to either add that location to your path or you need to
cdto that folder in terminal, then run the command. It will check things in the current folder when trying to run executables.Unlike Windows, on Linux you need to run
./<command>instead of just<command>for executables in you current directory.Unless you have
.in your$PATHYou also need to
chmod +x pathfiles downloaded from the internet to make it executable.