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submitted 4 months ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

All I wanted is to install the current yt-dlp (2024.07.16-1) on debian 12.6.

Suggested way to that according to https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/yt-dlp/download is to add that line to that file (etc/apt/sources.list), but do I really need to download the 1600 files that upgrade would entail?

I don't want to download the tar.gz 'cause upgrading that would be a pain.

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[-] dragonfly4933@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 months ago

I would advise just creating ~/.bin or ~/.local/share/bin and dropping it in there. As long as you have permission to that directory, yt-dlp should be able to easily update itself.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

this is the way. easy. no install. no extra steps. update when you want.

or you can add the ppa that's listed in the yt-dlp install instructions (scroll down to third-party package managers > apt) and use apt to install it like any other package.

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