yt-dlp install the latest version on freebsd (2024)

Freebsd install the latest version of yt-dlp even if you are running quarterly packages.
Quarterly packages are released every 3 months which means the version of yt-dlp will be quite old

freebsd yt-dlp latest release install

we will manually download the latest release of yt-dlp

however the the yt-dlp shebang points to python3 so we need to fix issue using a symlink
and alter our shell path so binaries in our home bin directory override those installed in /usr/local/bin

this will allow applications that use yt-dlp in the backend to use the lastest version
instead of the old version installed with pkg

the yt-dlp shebang points to python3
so we need to create a symlink from python 3.9 to python3

obviously you need python3.9 installed

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.9 /usr/local/bin/python3

edit your ~/.zshenv

vi ~/.zshenv

set your path so that the bin directory in your home comes before /usr/local/bin

typeset -U PATH pathpath=("$HOME/bin" "/usr/local/bin" "$path[@]")export PATH

this allows us override yt-dlp installed in /usr/local/bin with our newer version install in the bin directory in your home
download yt-dlp from the release on github

make yt-dlp executable

chmod +x yt-dlp

and move it to the bin directory in your home
if you dont have a bin directory create it

mv yt-dlp ~/bin

run which yt-dlp

which yt-dlp

it should output

/home/username/bin/yt-dlp

instead of

/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

check the version

yt-dlp --version

ouput

2023.11.16

pkg version

/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp --version

outputs

2023.07.06

update yt-dlp in your bin directory by running

yt-dlp -U

Is all this still necessary?

My yt-dlp --version is 2024.05.27

Thanks!

In my opinion

should be one of the few exceptional ports getting version upgrades in the quarterly branch. Changes on youtube etc. happen quite often and can render yt-dlp in quarterly completely useless until the next branch. But of course that's for the port maintainer to decide.

yt-dlp package version

/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp --version

2024.03.10

yt-dlp manually installed version

yt-dlp --version

2024.05.27

answer = yes

bsdcode said:

Thanks!

In my opinion

www/yt-dlp

should be one of the few exceptional ports getting version upgrades in the quarterly branch. Changes on youtube etc. happen quite often and can render yt-dlp in quarterly completely useless until the next branch. But of course that's for the port maintainer to decide.

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Well, Merge from Main is allowed among other reasons as for example bug fixes so this should be not a problem.

NapoleonWils0n said:

however the the yt-dlp shebang points to python3 so we need to fix issue using a symlink

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I install or update yt-dlp with PIP (

) to the home directory as a regular user. I don't need to tweak anything, yt-dlp works without any issues and I have the latest version available.

Kaminar said:

I install or update yt-dlp with PIP (

devel/py-pip

) to the home directory as a regular user. I don't need to tweak anything, yt-dlp works without any issues and I have the latest version available.

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Exactly how do you install yt-dlp if not as a pkg?

balanga said:

Exactly how do you install yt-dlp if not as a pkg?

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• Add ~/.local/bin to PATH variable.
• Install devel/py-pip.
• Install yt-dlp to your home directory with command $ pip install --user yt-dlp.

If a new version of yt-dlp is available, you can upgrade to it using the command $ pip install --user --upgrade yt-dlp.

balanga said:

Can yt-dlp capture videos embedded in X/twitter posts?

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balanga said:

Can yt-dlp capture videos embedded in X/twitter posts?

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I tried a couple of times, I could never get it to work...

balanga said:

Can yt-dlp capture videos embedded in X/twitter posts?

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yes.
yt-dlp --list-extractors | grep twitter

twittertwitter:amplifytwitter:broadcasttwitter:cardtwitter:shortenertwitter:spaces

balanga said:

Can yt-dlp capture videos embedded in X/twitter posts?

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At least it used to, yes. That functionality can break every now and then.