[paol]

youtube-dl is one of those rare programs that you shouldn't download from a repository. Do this instead:

- Download from the project page and put it anywhere in your path (it's a single file)

- Subsequently do 'youtube-dl -U' whenever you want to update. It updates itself in-place with the latest release (there's usually 2 or 3 released per week)

[DannyB2]

Yes. That!

I quickly learned the difference. Downloading from YouTube breaks. No distro update. But updating only the script is quick and easy.

Initial installation is also very easy. Two one-line recipies to install it are provided. One using CURL and one using WGET.

https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

I have been using it with ffmpeg on a google pixelbook on cruoton for over a year and love it.

[majewsky]

What's the difference to installing 2-3 updates per week over the distro? One should be installing distro updates daily anyway.

[paol]

Distro repositories can't keep up with the number or timeliness of updates. When youtube deploys an update that breaks the tool (happens on a semi-regular basis), you want access to the fix ASAP.