youtube-dl

youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com

Automatic install/update:

bash -c "$(curl -LSs https://github.com/dfmgr/youtube-dl/raw/main/install.sh)"

Manual install:

requires:

Debian based:

apt install ffmpeg

Fedora Based:

yum install ffmpeg

Arch Based:

pacman -S ffmpeg

MacOS:

brew install youtube-dl

PIP Package:

sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade youtube-dl

mv -fv "$HOME/.config/youtube-dl" "$HOME/.config/youtube-dl.bak"
git clone https://github.com/dfmgr/youtube-dl "$HOME/.config/youtube-dl"

youtube-dl wiki |
youtube-dl site