Introduction to yt-dlp
The yt-dlp package provides a Python3 CLI utility to download audio
and video files from thousands of websites, including YouTube. It
can convert downloads into other formats using FFmpeg.
yt-dlp Dependencies
Required
Hatchling
Recommended
cURL,
FFmpeg, and make-ca
Optional
brotli
(with Python3 bindings),
certifi,
Requests, and
Urllib3
Installation of yt-dlp
Install yt-dlp by running the following commands:
pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps --no-cache-dir $PWD
Now, as the root user:
pip3 install --no-index --find-links=dist --no-cache-dir --no-user yt_dlp
Contents
Installed Programs:
yt-dlp
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp
and
/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp-2025.10.22.dist-info
Short Descriptions
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yt-dlp
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downloads and converts audio and video files
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